Measurements of 35S in the marine boundary layer at La Jolla, California: A new technique for tracing air mass mixing during Santa Ana events

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Priyadarshi, Antra ^a   Hill Falkenthal, Jason ^a   Coupal, Elena ^a   Dominguez, Gerardo ^b   Thiemens, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ISOTOPES; MIXING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR MASS; ANNUAL MEAN; BOUNDARY LAYER DYNAMICS; CALIFORNIA; COARSE FRACTIONS; FINE FRACTION; FREE TROPOSPHERE; GAS PHASE OXIDATION; HIGH ALTITUDE; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; SEA SALT AEROSOL; SEA SALTS; SIZE FRACTION; SULFATE AEROSOLS; WIND EVENTS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COSMIC RAY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MIXING; OXIDATION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEA SALT; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

CALIFORNIA; LA JOLLA; SAN DIEGO; SANTA ANA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859899025     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016878     Document Type: Article

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