Relating atmospheric and oceanic DMS levels to particle nucleation events in the Canadian Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Chang, Rachel Y W ^a   Sjostedt, Steven J ^a   Pierce, Jeffrey R ^b   Papakyriakou, Tim N ^c   Scarratt, Michael G ^d   Michaud, Sonia ^d   Levasseur, Maurice ^e   Leaitch, W Richard ^f   Abbatt, Jonathan P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; NUCLEATION;

BEAUFORT SEA; BOX MODELS; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; COASTGUARDS; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; EASTERN ARCTIC; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MICROPHYSICS; MIXING RATIOS; NUCLEATION MODE PARTICLES; OCEAN SURFACES; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE NUCLEATION;

DIAMONDS;

AEROSOL; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIMETHYLSULFIDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 80455156320     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015926     Document Type: Article

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