An overview of aircraft observations from the Pacific Dust Experiment campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Stith, J L ^a   Ramanathan, V ^b   Cooper, W A ^a   Roberts, G C ^c   DeMott, P J ^d   Carmichael, G ^e   Hatch, C D ^e,f   Adhikary, B ^e   Twohy, C H ^g   Rogers, D C ^a   Baumgardner, D ^h   Prenni, A J ^d   Campos, T ^a,i   Gao, Rushan ^j   Anderson, J ^k   Feng, Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c San Diego   (United States)

^d Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f HENDRIX COLLEGE   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k Arizona State University   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON BLACK; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOOT; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

ACCUMULATION MODES; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DISTANT SOURCE; DUST LAYER; EAST ASIA; EAST PACIFIC; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ICE NUCLEI; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PEAK VALUES; SAHARAN AEROSOL; SAMPLE POLLUTION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; DUST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TROPOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 65849488800     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010924     Document Type: Article

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