Residence times and temporal variations of 210Po in aerosols and precipitation from southeastern Michigan, United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  McNeary, Daphne ^a   Baskaran, Mark ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; LEAD; POLONIUM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADON; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DATA SET; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESIDENCE TIME; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848879596     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007639     Document Type: Article

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