Sources of nitrate in stratocumulus cloud water: Airborne measurements during the 2011 E-PEACE and 2013 NiCE studies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-173

  Prabhakar, Gouri ^a   Ervens, B ^b,c   Wang, Z ^d   Maudlin, L C ^a   Coggon, M M ^e   Jonsson, H H ^f   Seinfeld, J H ^e   Sorooshian, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Chloride depletion; Cloud water; Marine; Sea salt; Stratocumulus

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLOUDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DROPS; NUCLEATION; SHIPS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

BIOMASS-BURNING; CHLORIDE DEPLETION; CLOUD WATER; MARINE; SEA SALTS; STRATOCUMULUS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

NITRATE; CHLORIDE; CLOUD WATER; OXALIC ACID; SILICON; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEA SALT; STRATOCUMULUS;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LIMIT OF DETECTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTENT; WET DEPOSITION; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; FIRE; GAS; OXIDATION; PLUME; SEASHORE; SHIP; SMOKE; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUD; VOLATILIZATION; WATER VAPOR;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84905861745     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.019     Document Type: Article

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