Transport of bacterial cells toward the Pacific in Northern Hemisphere westerly winds

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-145

  Murata, Kotaro ^a   Zhang, Daizhou ^a  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; East Asia; Epifluorescence microscopy; Long range transport; Weather

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; EAST ASIA; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SOUTHWESTERN JAPAN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; STORMS; WEATHERING;

BACTERIA;

ABUNDANCE; AEROSOL; ANTICYCLONE; BACTERIUM; COLD FRONT; CYCLONE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMODYNAMICS; VIABILITY; WESTERLY;

AEROSOL; AIR; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; HUMIDITY; HURRICANE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER; WIND;

JAPAN; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84893390380     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.12.038     Document Type: Article

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