Optical, physical, and chemical properties of springtime aerosol over Barrow Alaska in 2008

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3125-3138

  Shantz, N C ^a   Gultepe, I ^a   Andrews, E ^b,c   Zelenyuk, A ^d   Earle, M E ^a   Macdonald, A M ^a   Liu, P S K ^a   Leaitch, W R ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic aerosols; Biomass burning plumes; Stratified layers

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DUST; FREE FLIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

AEROSOL SPECTROMETERS; AIRBORNE OBSERVATIONS; ARCTIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS-BURNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; LIGHT SCATTERING COEFFICIENT S; LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; STRATIFIED LAYERS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CLOUD DROPLET; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; TROPOSPHERE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905013179     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3898     Document Type: Article

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