Atmospheric composition of West Africa: Highlights from the AMMA international program

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-18

  Mari, Céline H ^a   Reeves, Claire E ^b   Law, Katherine S ^c   Ancellet, Gérard ^c   Andrés Hernández, Maria Dolores ^d   Barret, Brice ^a   Bechara, Joëlle ⁿ   Borbon, Agnès ⁿ   Bouarar, Idir ^c   Cairo, Francesco ^e   Commane, Roisin ^k   Delon, Claire ^a   Evans, Matthew J ^k   Fierli, Federico ^e   Floquet, Cédric ^k   Galy Lacaux, Corinne ^a   Heard, Dwayne E ^k   Homan, Carine D ^f   Ingham, Trevor ^k   Larsen, Niels ^l   Lewis, Alastair C ^g   Liousse, Catherine ^a   Murphy, Jennifer G ^h   Orlandi, Emiliano ^e   Oram, David E ^b   Saunois, Marielle ^a,i   Serça, Dominique ^a   Stewart, David J ^m   Stone, Daniel ^k   Thouret, Valérie ^a   Velthoven, Peter van ^j   Williams, Jason E ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^l DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^m UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ CNRS   (France)

more..

Author keywords

AMMA; Atmospheric chemistry; Biogenic emission; Biomass burning; Convection; Long range transport; Ozone; Urban pollution; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN POLLUTION;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 77957769471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.289     Document Type: Article

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