Methane sulfonic acid to non-sea-salt sulfate ratio in coastal Antarctic aerosol and surface snow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue 3339, 1998, Pages 10991-11006

  Legrand, Michel ^a   Pasteur, Elizabeth Claire ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; COASTAL ZONE; METHANE SULPHONIC ACID; SNOW; SULPHATE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 2642580017     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jd00929     Document Type: Article

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