Organic nitrogen in aerosols and precipitation at Barbados and Miami: Implications regarding sources, transport and deposition to the western subtropical North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Zamora, L M ^a   Prospero, J M ^b   Hansell, D A ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DUST; NITROGEN; TIME SERIES;

BIOMASS-BURNING; DUST EVENT; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; INORGANIC NITROGEN; N DEPOSITION; NORTH ATLANTIC; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POLLUTION SOURCES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; WATERSOLUBLE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOLUBILIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); BARBADOS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80455150439     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015660     Document Type: Article

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