Brazil-USA Collaborative Research: Modifications by Anthropogenic Pollution of the Natural Atmospheric Chemistry and Particle Microphysics of the Tropical Rain Forest During the GoAmazon Intensive Operating Periods (IOPs)

Technical Report · Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1419006· OSTI ID:1419006

Martin, Scot ^[1]

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1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)

Manaus, a city of nearly two million people, represents an isolated urban area having a distinct urban pollution plume within the otherwise pristine Amazon Basin. The plume has high concentrations of oxides of nitrogen and sulfur, carbon monoxide, particle concentrations, and soot, among other pollutants. Critically, the distinct plume in the setting of the surrounding tropical rain forest serves as a natural laboratory to allow direct comparisons between periods of pollution influence to those of pristine conditions.

• Research Organization: Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth and Environmental Systems Science Division
• DOE Contract Number: SC0011115
• OSTI ID: 1419006
• Report Number(s): DOE-Harvard-0011115
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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