In situ measurements and modeling of reactive trace gases in a small biomass burning plume

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3813-3824

  Müller, Markus ^a,b   Anderson, Bruce E ^c   Beyersdorf, Andreas J ^c   Crawford, James H ^c   Diskin, Glenn S ^c   Eichler, Philipp ^a   Fried, Alan ^d   Keutsch, Frank N ^e   Mikoviny, Tomas ^f   Thornhill, Kenneth L ^c,g   Walega, James G ^d   Weinheimer, Andrew J ^h   Yang, Melissa ^c   Yokelson, Robert J ^b   Wisthaler, Armin ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOMASS BURNING; FOREST FIRE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODELING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TRACE GAS;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962019768     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-3813-2016     Document Type: Article

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