Relationship between Amazon biomass burning aerosols and rainfall over the la Plata Basin

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4397-4407

  Camponogara, G ^a   Silva Dias, M A F ^a   Carrio G G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RADIATION BUDGET; TRMM;

AMAZONIA; LA PLATA BASIN;

EID: 84899820611     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-4397-2014     Document Type: Article

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