Scales of variability of black carbon plumes over the Pacific Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Weigum, N M ^a   Stier, P ^a   Schwarz, J P ^b,c   Fahey, D W ^b,c   Spackman, J R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; BLACK CARBON; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; CLIMATE SIMULATION; FLIGHT TRACK; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGH ALTITUDE; HORIZONTAL VARIATION; LOW ALTITUDES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLUME LENGTH; SINGLE PARTICLE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

POLES;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PHOTOMETER; SOOT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84864693861     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052127     Document Type: Article

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