Impact of the Manaus urban plume on trace gas mixing ratios near the surface in the Amazon Basin: Implications for the NO-NO2-O 3 photostationary state and peroxy radical levels

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Trebs, Ivonne ^a   Mayol Bracero, Olga L ^a,b   Pauliquevis, Theotonio ^c,d   Kuhn, Uwe ^a,e   Sander, Rolf ^a   Ganzeveld, Laurens ^f   Meixner, Franz X ^a   Kesselmeier, Jrgen ^a   Artaxo, Paulo ^c   Andreae, Meinrat O ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOATS; DISPERSIONS; EXPERIMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; RIVER POLLUTION; TRACE ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL MEASUREMENT; AEROSOL SCATTERING COEFFICIENT; AMAZON BASIN; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; BOX MODELS; COMBINED ANALYSIS; DRY DEPOSITION; GROUND BASED; LAGRANGIAN; LARGE-SCALE BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE EXPERIMENTS; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; MIXING RATIOS; PARTS PER TRILLION; PEROXY RADICALS; PHOTOSTATIONARY STATE; POLLUTION PLUMES; RADIATION VARIATIONS; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SYNOPTIC WINDS; THERMALLY DRIVEN; TRACE GAS; TRAJECTORY MODELS; URBAN PLUMES; VOLATILE ORGANIC CARBONS;

MIXING;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; MESOSCALE MOTION; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; RADICAL; TRACE GAS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WIND DIRECTION;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MANAUS;

EID: 84858414187     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016386     Document Type: Article

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