Influence of transport and ocean ice extent on biogenic aerosol sulfur in the Arctic atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Sharma, S ^a   Chan, E ^a   Ishizawa, M ^a   Toom Sauntry, D ^a   Gong, S L ^a   Li, S M ^a   Tarasick, D W ^a   Leaitch, W R ^a   Norman, A ^b   Quinn, P K ^c   Bates, T S ^c   Levasseur, M ^d   Barrie, L A ^e   Maenhaut, W ^f  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; SEA ICE; SULFUR;

ARCTIC ATMOSPHERE; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC OXIDATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; ICE COVER; ICE EDGE; METHANE SULFONIC ACID; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; REGIONAL RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE EXTENT; SEA-ICE COVER; SOURCE STRENGTH; SVALBARD;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIMETHYLSULFIDE; ICE COVER; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OXIDATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE; SULFUR;

ALASKA; ALERT; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; NY-ALESUND; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863489691     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017074     Document Type: Article

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