Free troposphere as a major source of CCN for the equatorial pacific boundary layer: Long-range transport and teleconnections

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 7511-7529

  Clarke, A D ^a   Freitag, S ^a   Simpson, R M C ^a   Hudson, J G ^b   Howell, S G ^a   Brekhovskikh, V L ^a   Campos, T ^c   Kapustin, V N ^a   Zhou, J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENTRAINMENT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

AMAZONIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84892402244     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-7511-2013     Document Type: Article

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