Analysis of number size distributions of tropical free tropospheric aerosol particles observed at Pico Espejo (4765 m a.s.l.), Venezuela

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3319-3332

  Schmeissner, T ^a   Krejci, R ^b   Strom J ^b,c   Birmili, W ^a   Wiedensohler, A ^a   Hochschild, G ^d   Gross, J ^d   Hoffmann, P ^e   Calderon, S ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE;

MERIDA [VENEZUELA]; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 79953792104     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-3319-2011     Document Type: Article

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