Temporal and vertical variations of aerosol physical and chemical properties over West Africa: AMMA aircraft campaign in summer 2006

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 8437-8451

  Matsuki, A ^a,d   Quennehen, B ^a,b   Schwarzenboeck, A ^a,b   Crumeyrolle, S ^b,c   Venzac, H ^a,b   Laj, P ^a,b   Gomes, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DUST; MONSOON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 77956436876     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-8437-2010     Document Type: Article

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