Rapid changes in biomass burning aerosols by atmospheric oxidation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2644-2651

  Vakkari, Ville ^a,b   Kerminen, Veli Matti ^a   Beukes, Johan Paul ^c   Tiitta, Petri ^c,d   Van Zyl, Pieter G ^c   Josipovic, Miroslav ^c   Venter, Andrew D ^c   Jaars, Kerneels ^c   Worsnop, Douglas R ^a,e   Kulmala, Markku ^a   Laakso, Lauri ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols and particles; atmospheric processes; land atmosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OXIDATION;

AEROSOL SCATTERING COEFFICIENT; AEROSOLS AND PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; INDIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; SINGLE-SCATTERING ALBEDO; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OXIDATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84899040439     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059396     Document Type: Article

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