Atmospheric sulfur over the east Mediterranean region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 25917-25930

  Luria, Menachem ^a   Peleg, Mordechai ^a   Sharf, Geula ^a   Siman Tov Alper, Dafna ^a   Spitz, Nadine ^a   Ben Ami, Yossef ^a   Gawii, Zohir ^a   Lifschitz, Batia ^a   Yitzchaki, Amir ^a   Seter, Ilan ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Israeli Natl Inst for Meteorology   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SOURCE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE SULPHATE; SULPHUR;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN, (EAST);

EID: 0030373162     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01579     Document Type: Article

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