Origin of aerosol particles in the mid-latitude and subtropical upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere from cluster analysis of CARIBIC data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 8413-8430

  Koppe M ^a   Hermann, M ^a   M Brenninkmeijer, C A ^b   Heintzenberg, J ^a   Schlager, H ^c   Schuck, T ^b   Slemr, F ^b   Sprung, D ^b,d   J Van Velthoven, P F ^e   Wiedensohler, A ^a   Zahn, A ^d   Ziereis, H ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING RATIO; PARTICLE SIZE; POINT SOURCE; STRATOSPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRACE GAS; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 70450285063     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-8413-2009     Document Type: Article

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