Atmospheric trace element concentrations over the eastern Mediterranean Sea: Factors affecting temporal variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D17, 1998, Pages 21943-21954

  Güllü, Gülen H ^a   Ölmez, Ilhan ^a,b   Aygün, Sezer ^a   Tuncel, Gürdäl ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; PROVENANCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER;

(EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032552720     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD01358     Document Type: Article

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