Trends in sulfate and organic aerosol mass in the Southeast U.S.: Impact on aerosol optical depth and radiative forcing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 7701-7709

  Attwood, A R ^a,b   Washenfelder, R A ^a,b   Brock, C A ^a   Hu, W ^b,c   Baumann, K ^d   Campuzano Jost, P ^b,c   Day, D A ^b,c   Edgerton, E S ^d   Murphy, D M ^a   Palm, B B ^b,c   McComiskey, A ^a,b   Wagner, N L ^a,b   De Sa S S ^e   Ortega, A ^b,c   Martin, S T ^e   Jimenez, J L ^b,c   Brown, S S ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado Boulder ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric aerosol; extinction; hygroscopicity; sulfate; trends; visibility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; EMISSION CONTROL; LIGHT EXTINCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL LIGHT EXTINCTION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; COMPOSITION CHANGES; HYGROSCOPICITY; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SULFATE; TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFATE; WATER MASS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912121196     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061669     Document Type: Article

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