Factors controlling atmospheric fluxes of 7Be and 210Pb in northern Taiwan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2003, Pages

  Su, Chih Chieh ^a   Huh, Chih An ^a   Lin, Fei Jen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; GEOPHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLUXES;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BERYLLIUM; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; LEAD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 17744412271     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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