Concentrations and snow-atmosphere fluxes of reactive nitrogen at Summit, Greenland

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D11, 1999, Pages 13721-13734

  Munger, J W ^a   Jacob, D J ^a   Fan, S M ^a,c   Colman, A S ^a,d   Dibb, J E ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SNOW INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; NITROGEN;

GREENLAND; SUMMIT;

EID: 17044407421     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900192     Document Type: Article

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