Atmospheric aerosol episodes over Lithuania after the May 2011 volcano eruption at Grimsvötn, Iceland

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-101

  Kvietkus, K ^a   Sakalys J ^a   Didzbalis J ^a   Garbariene, I ^a   Spirkauskaite N ^a   Remeikis, V ^a  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Air mass trajectories; Chemical composition; PM1; Size distribution; Volcanic origin

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODES; AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL SOURCE; AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BALTIC SEA; BRITISH ISLES; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITION MEASUREMENTS; ICELANDS; LITHUANIA; MOLAR RATIO; ORGANICS; PM1; QUADRUPOLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION SPECTRA; SUBMICRON AEROSOL; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE CONTRIBUTIONS; SULFATE PARTICLES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC ORIGIN; VOLCANIC PLUME; VOLCANO ERUPTIONS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRAJECTORIES;

VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AMMONIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; INFLOW; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GRIMSVOTN; ICELAND; LITHUANIA; VILNIUS;

EID: 84871119280     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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