Anthropogenic and forest fire pollution aerosol transported to the Arctic: Observations from the POLARCAT-France spring campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6437-6454

  Quennehen, B ^a,d   Schwarzenboeck, A ^a   Matsuki, A ^b   Burkhart, J F ^c   Stohl, A ^c   Ancellet, G ^d   Law, K S ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; AITKEN NUCLEUS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAGULATION; CONDENSATION; FOREST FIRE; MIXING RATIO; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOOT;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84864189537     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6437-2012     Document Type: Article

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