Seasonal characteristics of chemical compositions of the atmospheric aerosols collected in urban seaside area at Tokaimura, eastern central Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Fu, FengFu ^a,b   Watanabe, K ^a   Yabuki, S ^c   Akagi, T ^d  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric particles

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA SALT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 11844286872     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004712     Document Type: Article

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