Introduction: Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 30175-30210

  Martin, S T ^a   Artaxo, P ^b   Machado, L A T ^c   Manzi, A O ^d   Souza, R A F ^e   Schumacher, C ^f   Wang, J ^g   Andreae, M O ^h   Barbosa, H M J ^b   Fan, J ⁱ   Fisch, G ^j   Goldstein, A H ^k   Guenther, A ^l   Jimenez, J L ^m   Poschl U ^h   Silva Dias, M A ^b   Smith, J N ^l   Wendisch, M ⁿ  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e Amazonas State University Dental School   (Brazil)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

ⁱ PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j Institute of Aeronautics and Space   (Brazil)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; GULF STREAM; MANAUS;

EID: 84976335914     PISSN: 16807367     EISSN: 16807375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acpd-15-30175-2015     Document Type: Article

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