Airborne observations of bioaerosol over the Southeast United States using a Wideband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 8506-8524

  Ziemba, Luke D ^a   Beyersdorf, Andreas J ^a   Chen, Gao ^a   Corr, Chelsea A ^a,b   Crumeyrolle, Suzanne N ^b,c   Diskin, Glenn ^a   Hudgins, Charlie ^a,d   Martin, Robert ^a   Mikoviny, Tomas ^e   Moore, Richard ^a   Shook, Michael ^a,d   Lee Thornhill, K ^a,d   Winstead, Edward L ^a,d   Wisthaler, Armin ^e,f   Anderson, Bruce E ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ICE CRYSTAL; LAND COVER; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SENSOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978786340     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024669     Document Type: Article

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