Pitfalls with the use of enhancement ratios or normalized excess mixing ratios measured in plumes to characterize pollution sources and aging

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2155-2158

  Yokelson, R J ^a   Andreae, M O ^b,c   Akagi, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA INTERPRETATION; MIXING RATIO; PITFALL TRAP; POLLUTION; RESEARCH; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84883245247     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2155-2013     Document Type: Article

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