Mixing state of aerosols and direct observation of carbonaceous and marine coatings on African dust by individual particle analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Deboudt, Karine ^a,b   Flament, Pascal ^a,b   Choël, Marie ^a,c   Gloter, Alexandre ^d   Sobanska, Sophie ^a,c   Colliex, Christian ^d  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BINARY MIXTURES; COATINGS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MINERALS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AFRICAN DUST; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ATLANTIC COASTS; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; CARBON STRUCTURES; CARBONACEOUS COATING; CARBONACEOUS COMPOUNDS; CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPLEMENTARY ANALYSIS; DIRECT OBSERVATION; ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROMETRY; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; MARINE COATINGS; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL DUST PARTICLES; MIXED PARTICLES; MIXING STATE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; RAMAN MICROSPECTROMETRY; SAHARAN DUST PLUMES; SAMPLING LOCATION; SEM-EDX; SENEGAL; TAR BALLS; TEM; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COATING; DUST; DUST STORM; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MIXING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONSOON; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC COAST [AFRICA]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SENEGAL;

EID: 78650536953     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD013921     Document Type: Article

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