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Air Mass Characterization

Air Mass Characterization is a meteorological construct that systematically classifies air masses based on their thermodynamic properties, particularly virtual temperature and moisture content, to distinguish their origins, stability, and potential for convective development within thermodynamic diagrams.

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The<i>N</i><sub>0</sub>Jump of Raindrop Spectra

A. Waldvogel · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1974 · 295 citations · Full text

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Chemical characterization of the Saharan dust end‐member: Some biogeochemical implications for the western Mediterranean Sea

Cécile Guieu, Marie‐Dominique Loÿe‐Pilot, Céline Ridame et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2002 · 284 citations · Full text

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The Mass of the Atmosphere: A Constraint on Global Analyses

Kevin E. Trenberth, Lesley Smith · Journal of Climate · 2005 · 263 citations · Full text

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Hydrocarbon ratios and photochemical history of air masses

S. A. McKeen, S. C. Liu · Geophysical Research Letters · 1993 · 223 citations

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A NEW SPATIAL SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION: APPLICATION TO AIR-MASS ANALYSIS

Laurence S. Kalkstein, Michael C. Nichols, C. DAVID BARTHEL et al. · International Journal of Climatology · 1996 · 183 citations

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  1. DR
    D. R. Blake

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    5 publications · 308 citations

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  2. FA
    Florencia Almonacid

    Universidad de Jaén, Spain

    4 publications · 110 citations

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  3. EF
    Eduardo F. Férnández

    Universidad de Jaén, Spain

    4 publications · 110 citations

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  4. JT
    J. T. Merrill

    University of Rhode Island, United States

    4 publications · 227 citations

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  5. SJ
    S. J. Oltmans

    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, United States

    4 publications · 351 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    58 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

    Boulder, United States

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1K citations

  3. NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

    Boulder, United States

    11 h-index

    27 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    11 h-index

    25 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    956 citations

  6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Washington, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    689 citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

    Mainz, Germany

    9 h-index

    37 publications

    1K citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    602 citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 49 publications · 3.5K citations

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  2. Atmospheric chemistry and physics

    25 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. Monthly Weather Review

    12 publications · 493 citations

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  4. Environmental Science & Technology

    10 publications · 579 citations

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  5. International Journal of Climatology

    10 publications · 444 citations

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