African biomass burning plumes over the Atlantic: Aircraft based measurements and implications for H2SO4 and HNO 3 mediated smoke particle activation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3211-3225

  Fiedler, V ^a,b   Arnold, F ^a,b   Ludmann, S ^b   Minikin, A ^a   Hamburger, T ^a   Pirjola, L ^c,d   Dornbrack A ^a   Schlager, H ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM NITRATE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SAVANNA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SULFURIC ACID; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); GULF OF GUINEA;

EID: 79953749366     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-3211-2011     Document Type: Article

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