Transport and mixing patterns over Central California during the carbonaceous aerosol and radiative effects study (CARES)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1759-1783

  Fast, J D ^a   Gustafson, W I ^a   Berg, L K ^a   Shaw, W J ^a   Pekour, M ^a   Shrivastava, M ^a   Barnard, J C ^a   Ferrare, R A ^b   Hostetler, C A ^b   Hair, J A ^b   Erickson, M ^c   Jobson, B T ^c   Flowers, B ^d   Dubey, M K ^d   Springston, S ^e   Pierce, R B ^f   Dolislager, L ^g   Pederson, J ^g   Zaveri, R A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NOAA National Environmental Satellite   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLUME; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE GAS; TROUGH; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857345024     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-1759-2012     Document Type: Article

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