Aerosol nitrate and non-sea-salt sulfate over the eastern mediterranean

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 185-227

  Özsoy, Türkan ^a,b   Saydam, Cemal ^c   Kubilay, Nilgün ^b   Salihoǧlu, Ilkay ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aerosol nitrate; Coccolithophoridbloom; Dimethylsulfide; Eastern meditteranean; Nss sulfate

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NITRATE; SULFATE; TRACE METAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034442069     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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