Optical properties of boreal region biomass burning aerosols in central Alaska and seasonal variation of aerosol optical depth at an Arctic coastal site

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Eck, T F ^a,b   Holben, B N ^a   Reid, J S ^c   Sinyuk, A ^a,d   Hyer, E J ^c   O'Neill, N T ^e   Shaw, G E ^f   Vande Castle, J R ^g   Chapin, F S ^f   Dubovik, O ^h   Smirnov, A ^a,d   Vermote, E ⁱ   Schafer, J S ^a,d   Giles, D ^a,d   Slutsker, I ^a,d   Sorokine, M ^a,d   Newcomb, W W ^a,d  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^h UNIV LILLE   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BLACK; COASTAL ENGINEERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SMOKE;

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; ARCTIC OCEAN; BACKGROUND AEROSOL; BACKGROUND CONDITIONS; BIOMASS BURNING REGIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON; BOREAL FORESTS; BOREAL REGIONS; COASTAL SITES; FINE-MODE PARTICLES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LARGE PARTICLES; LONG TERM MONITORING; LOW BACKGROUND; RELATIVE SCATTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SMOKE PARTICLES; SMOLDERING COMBUSTION; SUMMER MONTHS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; BOREAL FOREST; COMBUSTION; HAZE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68749115104     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010870     Document Type: Article

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