A comparison of dry and wet season aerosol number fluxes over the Amazon rain forest

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3063-3079

  Ahlm, L ^a   Nilsson, E D ^a   Krejci, R ^a   Martensson, E M ^a   Vogt, M ^a   Artaxo, P ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; BOREAL FOREST; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DRY SEASON; RAINFOREST; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WET SEASON; WIND VELOCITY;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 77950355302     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-3063-2010     Document Type: Article

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