Optical, physical and chemical characteristics of Australian continental aerosols: Results from a field experiment

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 5925-5942

  Radhi, M ^a   Box, M A ^a   Box, G P ^a   Mitchell, R M ^b   Cohen, D D ^c   Stelcer, E ^c   Keywood, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMASS BURNING; DUST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77954323373     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-5925-2010     Document Type: Article

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