Variability of springtime transpacific pollution transport during 2000-2006: The INTEX-B mission in the context of previous years

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1345-1359

  Pfister, G ^a   Emmons, L K ^a   Edwards, D P ^a   Arellano, A ^a   Sachse, G ^b   Campos, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76349093810     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-1345-2010     Document Type: Article

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