Biomass burning signatures in the atmosphere and snow at Summit, Greenland: An event on 5 August 1994

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 553-561

  Dibb, Jack E ^a,b   Talbot, Robert W ^a,b   Whitlow, Sallie I ^a   Shipham, Mark C ^b   Winterle, James ^c   Mcconnell, Joe ^c   Bales, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air snow exchange; Biomass burning; Greenland Artic

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBOXYLIC ACID; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SNOW;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANADA; COMBUSTION; FIRE; GREENLAND; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMASS BURNING; ICE CORE; PLUME TRANSPORT;

GREENLAND, SUMMIT;

EID: 0029669396     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00328-2     Document Type: Article

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