Evidence of the aerosol core-shell mixing state over Europe during the heat wave of summer 2003 by using CHIMERE simulations and AERONET inversions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Pere J C ^a   Mallet, M ^b   Bessagnet, B ^a   Pont, V ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS-BURNING; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CORE-SHELL; EXTERNAL MIXING; HEAT WAVES; INTERNAL MIXING; MINERAL DUST; MIXING STATE; SECONDARY AEROSOLS; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; IMAGE SENSORS; MINING;

MIXING;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE EFFECT; DUST; MIXING; SOOT;

EID: 68249133738     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037334     Document Type: Article

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