Mass balance of free tropospheric aerosol at the Puy de Dǒme (France) in winter

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Sellegri, K ^a   Laj, P ^a   Peron, F ^a   Dupuy, R ^a   Legrand, M ^b   Preunkert, S ^b   Putaud, J P ^c   Cachier, H ^d   Ghermandi, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Free troposphere; Mass balance; Organic carbon; Size segregation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

AUVERGNE; CHAINE DES PUYS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; PUY DE DOME; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0742270432     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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