Aerosol organic nitrogen over the remote Atlantic Ocean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1887-1893

  Lesworth, Timothy ^a   Baker, Alex R ^a   Jickells, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Atlantic Ocean; Nitrate; Organic nitrogen; Size segregated aerosols

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPONENTS; AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; AMMONIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COARSE MODE; CONTINENTAL AREA; DATA SETS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SAHARAN DUST; SOIL DUST; TOTAL NITROGEN; WATERSOLUBLE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; OCEANOGRAPHY;

NITROGEN;

CALCIUM ION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AMMONIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DATA SET; NITRATE; ORGANIC NITROGEN;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77951032891     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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