Atmospheric bromine flux from the coastal Abu Dhabi sabkhat: A ground-water mass-balance investigation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Wood, Warren W ^a,b   Sanford, Ward E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BROMINE; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC BROMINE FLUX; MASS BALANCE;

COASTAL ZONES;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BROMINE; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; VAPORIZATION;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 34548600127     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029922     Document Type: Article

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