Aerosol and precipitation chemistry in the southwestern United States: Spatiotemporal trends and interrelationships

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 7361-7379

  Sorooshian, A ^a,b   Shingler, T ^a   Harpold, A ^b,c   Feagles, C W ^a   Meixner, T ^b   Brooks, P D ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CALCIUM; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MAGNESIUM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SNOW; SODIUM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881225829     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-7361-2013     Document Type: Article

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