Long-distance pollen transport from North America to Greenland in spring

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rousseau, Denis Didier ^a,b   Schevin, Patrick ^c   Ferrier, Jackie ^c   Jolly, Dominique ^c   Andreasen, Tore ^d   Ascanius, Svend Erik ^e   Hendriksen, Svend Erik ^e   Poulsen, Ulrik ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d Danish Radio Sonde Station   (Greenland)

^e Danish Meteorological Institute   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DEPOSITION; FILTER; POLLEN; SPORE; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 51449107190     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000456     Document Type: Article

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