Long-term record of nss-sulfate and nitrate in aerosols on Midway Island, 1981-2000: Evidence of increased (now decreasing?) anthropogenic emissions from Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Prospero, Joseph M ^a   Savoie, Dennis L ^a   Arimoto, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Mathematics   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Dust; Emissions; Nitrate; Sulfate; Trends

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HISTORICAL RECORD; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 0141748875     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001524     Document Type: Article

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