Accumulation-mode aerosol number concentrations in the Arctic during the ARCTAS aircraft campaign: Long-range transport of polluted and clean air from the Asian continent

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Matsui, H ^a   Kondo, Y ^a   Moteki, N ^a   Takegawa, N ^b   Sahu, L K ^c   Koike, M ^a   Zhao, Y ^d   Fuelberg, H E ^e   Sessions, W R ^e   Diskin, G ^f   Anderson, B E ^f   Blake, D R ^g   Wisthaler, A ^h   Cubison, M J ⁱ   Jimenez, J L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BELT CONVEYORS;

ACCUMULATION MODES; AIR PARCELS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ARCTIC RESEARCH; ASIAN CONTINENT; BIOMASS-BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLEAN AIR; CONVEYOR BELTS; EAST ASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIDLATITUDES; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PRIMARY SOURCES; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS; WET SCAVENGING;

AIR CLEANERS;

ACCUMULATION; AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 80455150048     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016189     Document Type: Article

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