Amazon boundary layer aerosol concentration sustained by vertical transport during rainfall

Nature

Volumn 539, Issue 7629, 2016, Pages 416-419

  Wang, Jian ^a   Krejci, Radovan ^b   Giangrande, Scott ^a   Kuang, Chongai ^a   Barbosa, Henrique M J ^c   Brito, Joel ^c   Carbone, Samara ^c   Chi, Xuguang ^d,e   Comstock, Jennifer ^f   Ditas, Florian ^d   Lavric, Jost ^g   Manninen, Hanna E ^h   Mei, Fan ^f   Moran Zuloaga, Daniel ^d   Pöhlker, Christopher ^d   Pöhlker, Mira L ^d   Saturno, Jorge ^d   Schmid, Beat ^f   Souza, Rodrigo A F ⁱ   Springston, Stephen R ^a   Tomlinson, Jason M ^f   Toto, Tami ^a   Walter, David ^d   Wimmer, Daniela ^h   Smith, James N ^j   Kulmala, Markku ^h   Machado, Luiz A T ^k   Artaxo, Paulo ^c   Andreae, Meinrat O ^d,l   Petäjä, Tuukka ^h   Martin, Scot T ^m   more..

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ Amazonas State University   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AEROSOL;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NUCLEATION; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; TROPOSPHERE; WET SEASON;

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAIN FOREST; SURFACE AREA; SURINAME; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR; ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; FIRE;

AMAZON BASIN;

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; FIRES; PARTICLE SIZE; RAIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84995975332     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19819     Document Type: Article

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