Long-term measurements of carbonaceous aerosols in the Eastern Mediterranean: Evidence of long-range transport of biomass burning

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 5551-5563

  Sciare, J ^a   Oikonomou, K ^a   Favez, O ^a   Liakakou, E ^b   Markaki, Z ^b   Cachier, H ^a   Mihalopoulos, N ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

BLACK SEA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 52149122282     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-5551-2008     Document Type: Article

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