Ammonium in coastal Antarctic aerosol and snow: Role of polar ocean and penguin emissions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue 3339, 1998, Pages 11043-11056

  Legrand, Michel ^a   Ducroz, François ^a   Wagenbach, Dietmar ^b   Mulvaney, Robert ^c,d   Hall, Julie ^c,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPHENISCIDAE;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; EMISSION; PENGUIN; SNOW;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 2642574271     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01976     Document Type: Article

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