Seasonal variations of residence time and upper atmospheric contribution of aerosols studied with Pb-210, Bi-210, Po-210 and Be-7

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 690-702

  Tokieda, Takayuki ^a   Yamanaka, Kenji ^a   Harada, Koh ^a,b   Tsunogai, Shizuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BERYLLIUM-7; BISMUTH-210; LEAD-210; POLONIUM; RESIDENCE TIME; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0030357858     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v48i5.15940     Document Type: Article

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