Mixing of dust and NH 3 observed globally over anthropogenic dust sources

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 7351-7363

  Ginoux, P ^a   Clarisse, L ^b   Clerbaux, C ^b,c   Coheur, P F ^b   Dubovik, O ^d   Hsu, N C ^e   Van Damme, M ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUND; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PASTURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NORTH AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84869006576     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7351-2012     Document Type: Article

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