Sulfur-containing species (sulfate and methanesulfonate) in coastal Antarctic aerosol and precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue 3339, 1998, Pages 10975-10990

  Minikin, Andreas ^a,b   Legrand, Michel ^c   Hall, Julie ^d   Wagenbach, Dietmar ^b   Kleefeld, Christoph ^a,e   Wolff, Eric ^d   Pasteur, Elizabeth Claire ^d   Ducroz, François ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; METHANE SULPHONATE; PRECIPITATION; SULPHATE; SULPHUR;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0842297344     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jd00249     Document Type: Article

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