Spatial and seasonal variation of major ions in Himalayan snow and ice: A source consideration

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-205

  Liu, Ya ping ^a   Geng, Zhi xing ^a   Hou, Shu gui ^a  

^a Engineering Research Institute ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Distribution; Himalayas; HYSPLIT_4 model; Ice cores; Major ions; Snow pits

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ICE; ICE CORE; IONIC COMPOSITION; POINT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; RONGBUK GLACIER; XIZANG;

EID: 70349731919     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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