Relationships among aerosol water soluble organic matter, iron and aluminum in European, North African, and Marine air masses from the 2010 US GEOTRACES cruise

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 154, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-33

  Wozniak, Andrew S ^a   Shelley, Rachel U ^b   Sleighter, Rachel L ^a   Abdulla, Hussain A N ^a   Morton, Peter L ^b   Landing, William M ^b   Hatcher, Patrick G ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1H NMR; Aerosols; Aluminum; GEOTRACES; Iron; Metal binding ligands; Organic carbon; Trace metal solubility; Water soluble organic matter

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; LIGAND; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; ORGANIC MATTER; SOLUBILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84878487703     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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