Aerosol black carbon at five background measurement sites over Finland, a gateway to the Arctic

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4042-4050

  Hyvarinen A P ^a   Kolmonen, P ^a   Kerminen, V M ^a,b   Virkkula, A ^b   Leskinen, A ^a   Komppula, M ^a   Hatakka, J ^a   Burkhart, J ^c   Stohl, A ^c   Aalto, P ^b   Kulmala, M ^b   Lehtinen, K E J ^a   Viisanen, Y ^a   Lihavainen, H ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aethalometer; Background aerosols; Black carbon; Multi angle absorption photometer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL BLACK CARBON; AETHALOMETER; ANNUAL AVERAGE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BACKGROUND AEROSOL; BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE; CHARACTERISTICS OF POLLUTION; DATA SETS; FINLAND; MULTI-ANGLE; MULTI-ANGLE ABSORPTION PHOTOMETER; SEASONAL CYCLE; SHORT PERIODS; SOURCE AREA; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL MIXING; WOOD BURNING;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BLACK CARBON;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; DATA SET; VERTICAL MIXING;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; EUROPE; FINLAND; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

ETELA SUOMEN; FINLAND; HYYTIALA; LANSI SUOMEN; VIROLAHTI;

EID: 79956023264     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.026     Document Type: Article

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