The influence of an extensive dust event on snow chemistry in the southern rocky mountains

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-105

  Rhoades, C ^a   Elder, K ^a   Greene, E ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Colorado Avalanche Information Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; PH; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SNOWPACK; SOLUTE; STORM;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77649092398     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.1.98     Document Type: Article

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