Optical and chemical properties of aerosols transported to Mount Bachelor during spring 2010

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Fischer, E V ^a,b,c   Perry, K D ^d   Jaffe, D A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DUST; OPTICAL RADAR; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SCATTERING; SULFUR;

AEROSOL LAYERS; AEROSOL MASS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL SCATTERING; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; ASIAN DUST; BLACK CARBON; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; COARSE AEROSOLS; DUST AEROSOLS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; MODE SCATTERING; MULTIWAVELENGTH; ORGANICS; ROTATING DRUM IMPACTOR; SUBMICROMETERS; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY FLUORESCENCES; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ABSORPTION; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGERY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOMETER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SCATTERING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING (SEASON); SUBSTRATE; WAVELENGTH; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ASIA; CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT BACHELOR; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053091105     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015932     Document Type: Article

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