Atmospheric 210Pb and 7Be in ambient aerosols over low- and high-latitude sites in semiarid region: Temporal variability and tranport processes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Rastogi, Neeraj ^a,b   Sarin, M M ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; BERYLLIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEAD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL MIXING; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 53149145096     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009298     Document Type: Article

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