Atmospheric sulphur and cloud condensation nuclei in marine air in the Southern Hemisphere

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1350, 1997, Pages 203-211

  Ayers, G P ^a   Cainey, J M ^a,c   Gillett, R W ^a   Ivey, J P ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DIMETHYLSULPHIDE; MARINE AIR; SULPHUR;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0030811481     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0015     Document Type: Article

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