Seasonal variation of free tropospheric aerosol particles at Mt. Tateyama, central Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Osada, K ^a   Kido, M ^b,c   Iida, H ^c   Matsunaga, K ^a   Iwasaka, Y ^a   Nagatani, M ^d   Nakada, H ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Niikawa Water Museum   (Japan)

^c Toyoma Prefectural EnvironSciRes   (Japan)

^d Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian dust; Free troposphere; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT TATEYAMA; TOYAMA [CHUBU];

EID: 1442263853     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003544     Document Type: Article

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