Sulphur and nitrogen compounds in variable marine/continental air masses at the Southwest European Coast

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3115-3127

  Pio, Casimiro A ^a   Cerqueira, Mário A ^a   Castro, Luís M ^a   Salgueiro, Maria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; Dimethyl sulphide; Marine atmosphere; Nitrogen; Seasonal variation; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGA; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALGAE;

ALGAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SAMPLING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WIND EFFECTS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; DIMETHYL SULPHIDE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

BMCAPE; DIMETHYLSULPHIDE; DMS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; METHANE SULPHONIC ACID; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SULPHUR COMPOUND; SULPHUR COMPOUNDS;

EUROPE, (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 0029666705     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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