Chemical and radio-chemical composition of freshsnow samples from northern slopes of Himalayas (Cho Oyu range, Tibet)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1573-1581

  Balerna, A ^a   Bernieri, E ^a   Pecci, M ^b   Polesello, S ^c   Smiraglia, C ^d   Valsecchi, S ^c  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Freshsnow; Himalayas northern slope; Ion chromatography; Monsoon air masses; Radioactivity; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; GLACIERS; PH EFFECTS; SNOW;

FRESHSNOW SAMPLES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; SNOW;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RADIOACTIVITY; SNOW;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOUNTAINEERING; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; SAMPLING; SEASON; WINTER;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; TIBET;

EID: 0037376591     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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