Chemical characterization of aerosols in the equatorial atmosphere over the Indian Ocean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 268-276

  Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a   Karthikeyan, Sathrugnan ^a   Potter, John ^a   Wurl, Oliver ^a,c   Durville, Caroline ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Jocara Indian Ocean Quest ^*  (Singapore)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Indian ocean; Trace metals; Volcanic emissions

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; TRACE METAL; VOLCANIC EMISSION;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; VOLCANOES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE ATMOSPHERE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SULFATE; TRACE METAL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY DEPOSITION; HUMIDITY; INDIAN OCEAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; OCEANIC REGIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; URBAN AREA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO; WET DEPOSITION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84882691001     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.066     Document Type: Article

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