Estimating bacteria emissions from inversion of atmospheric transport: Sensitivity to modelled particle characteristics

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5473-5488

  Burrows, S M ^a,c   Rayner, P J ^b   Butler, T ^a,d   Lawrence, M G ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84879021331     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-5473-2013     Document Type: Article

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