Subarctic atmospheric aerosol composition: 1. Ambient aerosol characterization

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Friedman, Beth ^a   Herich, Hanna ^c   Kammermann, Lukas ^d   Gross, Deborah S ^b   Arneth, Almut ^e   Holst, Thomas ^e   Cziczo, Daniel J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHLORINE; DUST; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL TYPES; AIR MASS; AIR MASS ORIGIN; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ARCTIC AEROSOLS; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BIOMASS-BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FREE TROPOSPHERE; GAS-PHASE SPECIES; MIDLATITUDES; MINERAL DUST; NITRATE SPECIES; NUMBER DENSITY; ORGANICS; PARTICLE SOURCE; RESEARCH STATIONS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEA SALTS; SEMI-CONTINUOUS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE FLUX; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL; SUBARCTIC REGION; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STORDALEN MIRE; SWEDEN;

EID: 70349306895     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011772     Document Type: Article

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