Impact of North America on the aerosol composition in the North Atlantic free troposphere

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: M. I. García, S. Rodríguez, A. Alastuey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Midwinter; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7387-2017; https://doaj.org/article/19c680f27c3d4412a6ea0dfc54218fe5

In the AEROATLAN project we study the composition of aerosols collected over ∼ 5 years at Izaña Observatory (located at ∼ 2400 m a.s.l. in Tenerife, the Canary Islands) under the prevailing westerly airflows typical of the North Atlantic free troposphere at subtropical latitudes and midlatitudes. Ma...