Tropospheric aerosols over West Africa: Highlights from the AMMA international program

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-23

  Marticorena, B ^a   Haywood, J ^b,c   Coe, H ^d   Formenti, P ^a   Liousse, C ^e   Mallet, M ^e   Pelon, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass burning aerosol; Mineral dust; Organic aerosol; Radiative impact; Tropospheric aerosol; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79952035761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.322     Document Type: Article

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