The North Atlantic Oscillation controls air pollution transport to the Arctic

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1769-1778

  Eckhardt, S ^a   Stohl, A ^a,d   Beirle, S ^b   Spichtinger, N ^a   James, P ^a   Forster, C ^a   Junker, C ^c   Wagner, T ^b   Platt, U ^b   Jennings, S G ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory ^*  (United States)

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EID: 1542352870     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-3-1769-2003     Document Type: Article

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