Organic compounds in rainfall at Hornsund, SW Spitsbergen: Qualitative results

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-76

  Krawczyk, Wiesława Ewa ^a   Skrȩt, Urszula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Chemistry; Hornsund; Organic compounds; Rainfall; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINFALL;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; HORNSUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

EID: 16344361896     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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