A case study into the measurement of ship emissions from plume intercepts of the NOAA ship Miller Freeman

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1337-1352

  Cappa, C D ^a   Williams, E J ^b,c   Lack, D A ^b,c   Buffaloe, G M ^a   Coffman, D ^b   Hayden, K L ^e   Herndon, S C ^d   Lerner, B M ^b,c   Li, S M ^e   Massoli, P ^d   McLaren, R ^f   Nuaaman, I ^e,f   Onasch, T B ^d   Quinn, P K ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; EMISSION; FORMALDEHYDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATE; VESSEL;

EID: 84893438121     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1337-2014     Document Type: Article

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