Evidence for sulfuric acid coated particles in the Arctic air mass

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3005-3008

  Cantrell, Will ^a   Shaw, Glenn ^a   Benner, Richard ^a   Veazey, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFURIC ACID; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

AEROSOL VOLUME; AIR MASS; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTS; COATED PARTICLES; SULFATE RATIO;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

NEUTRALIZATION;

EID: 0031381008     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02656     Document Type: Article

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