Chemical and aerosol characterisation of the troposphere over West Africa during the monsoon period as part of AMMA

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 7575-7601

  Reeves, C E ^a   Formenti, P ^b   Afif, C ^b,c   Ancellet, G ^d   Attie J L ^e,f   Bechara, J ^b   Borbon, A ^b   Cairo, F ^g   Coe, H ^h   Crumeyrolle, S ^f,i   Fierli, F ^g   Flamant, C ^g   Gomes, L ^f   Hamburger, T ^j   Jambert, C ^e   Law, K S ^d   Mari, C ^e   Jones, R L ^k   Matsuki, A ^i,l   Mead, M I ^k   Methven, J ^m   Mills, G P ^a   Minikin, A ^j   Murphy, J G ^a,q   Nielsen, J K ⁿ   Oram, D E ^a   Parker, D J ^o   Richter, A ^p   Schlager, H ^j   Schwarzenboeck, A ⁱ   Thouret, V ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^g CNR   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^j GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^l KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MONSOON; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 77949461826     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-7575-2010     Document Type: Article

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