Long-range transport across the Atlantic in summertime does not enhance the hygroscopicity of African mineral dust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 7835-7843

  Denjean, C ^a,b   Caquineau, S ^c   Desboeufs, K ^a   Laurent, B ^a   Maille, M ^a   Quinones Rosado M ^d   Vallejo, P ^d   Mayol Bracero, O L ^d   Formenti, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

hygroscopicity; long range transport; mineral dust; mixing state; optical properties; particle shape

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; MIXING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

HYGROSCOPICITY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MINERAL DUST; MIXING STATE; PARTICLE SHAPE;

DUST;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; DUST; EXTINCTION; HYGROSCOPICITY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MINERAL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SALT; SULFATE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 84945219209     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065693     Document Type: Article

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