Seasonal and spatial distributions and dry deposition fluxes of atmospheric total and labile iron over the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Chen, Ying ^a   Siefert, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Atlantic; Iron

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DRY DEPOSITION; IRON; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 3342989087     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD003958     Document Type: Article

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