Tropospheric aerosol ionic composition in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 314-326

  Mihalopoulos, N ^a   Stephanou, E ^a   Kanakidou, M ^b   Pilitsidis, S ^a   Bousquet, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; IONIC COMPOSITION; TROPOSPHERE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (EAST);

EID: 0030700322     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v49i3.15970     Document Type: Article

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