Chemical characterization of aerosols over the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean during two cruises in 2007 and 2008

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, M ^a,b,c   Chen, J M ^a   Wang, T ^b   Cheng, T T ^a   Lin, L ^a,c   Bhatia, R S ^c,d   Hanvey, M ^c,e  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Formerly with The Scholar Ship Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e Nature Publishing Group Palgrave Macmillan   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DUST; LINEAR REGRESSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ACID DISPLACEMENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BIOMASS-BURNING; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; DUST INTRUSIONS; INDUSTRIAL CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL PLUMES; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; MARINE AEROSOLS; MARINE AIR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIXED POLLUTION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLLUTION PLUMES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SAHARAN DUST; SEA SALTS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CHLORIDE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78649494490     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014246     Document Type: Article

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