Airborne observations of trace gases over boreal Canada during BORTAS: Campaign climatology, air mass analysis and enhancement ratios

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 12451-15467

  O'Shea, S J ^a   Allen, G ^a   Gallagher, M W ^a   Bauguitte, S J B ^b   Illingworth, S M ^a   Le Breton, M ^a   Muller, J B A ^a   Percival, C J ^a   Archibald, A T ^c   Oram, D E ^d   Parrington, M ^e,g   Palmer, P I ^e   Lewis, A C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BIOMASS BURNING; BOREAL FOREST; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST FIRE; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; PLUME; TRACE GAS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84884272660     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-12451-2013     Document Type: Article

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