Atmospheric near-surface nitrate at coastal Antarctic sites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue 3339, 1998, Pages 11007-11020

  Wagenbach, D ^a   Legrand, M ^b   Fischer, H ^a,c   Pichlmayer, F ^d   Wolff, E W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERE; COASTAL ZONE; NITRATE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 2642549942     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd03364     Document Type: Article

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