Anthropogenic emissions during Arctas-A: Mean transport characteristics and regional case studies

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 8677-8701

  Harrigan, D L ^a,d   Fuelberg, H E ^a,b   Simpson, I J ^b   Blake, D R ^b   Carmichael, G R ^c   Diskin, G S ^e  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NOAA National Weather Service Jacksonville   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS BURNING; EMISSION; HAZE; SATELLITE MISSION; SPRING (SEASON); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871324292     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-8677-2011     Document Type: Article

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