Chemical composition of aerosol and snow in the high Himalaya during the summer monsoon season

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2815-2826

  Shrestha, Arun B ^a   Wake, Cameron P ^a   Dibb, Jack E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Air snow relationship; Hidden valley; Monsoon air mass; Nepal; Water soluble inorganic ions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; FRACTIONATION; MAGNESIUM; NITRATES; POTASSIUM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; SODIUM; TROPOSPHERE;

MONSOON AIR MASSES; WATER SOLUBLE INORGANIC IONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; RAIN; SNOW; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL COMPOSIITON; MONSOON; SNOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NEPAL, DHAULAGIRI, HIDDEN VALLEY; NEPAL, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0031239576     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00047-2     Document Type: Article

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