Journal article
Transport of Asian air pollution to North America
Geophysical research letters, Vol.26(6), pp.711-714
03/15/1999
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900100
Abstract
Using observations from the Cheeka Peak Observatory in northwestern Washington State during March‐April, 1997, we show that Asian anthropogenic emissions significantly impact the concentrations of a large number of atmospheric species in the air arriving to North America during spring. Isentropic back‐trajectories can be used to identify possible times when this impact will be felt, however trajectories alone are not sufficient to indicate the presence of Asian pollutants. Detailed chemical and meteorological data from one of these periods (March 29th, 1997) indicates that the surface emissions were lifted into the free troposphere over Asia and then transported to North America in ∼6 days.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Transport of Asian air pollution to North America
- Creators
- Dan JaffeTheodore AndersonDave CovertRobert KotchenrutherBarbara TrostJen DanielsonWilliam SimpsonTerje BerntsenSigrun KarlsdottirDonald BlakeJoyce HarrisGreg CarmichaelItsushi Uno
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Geophysical research letters, Vol.26(6), pp.711-714
- DOI
- 10.1029/1999GL900100
- ISSN
- 0094-8276
- eISSN
- 1944-8007
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/15/1999
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984003928402771
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