Biomass burning impact on black carbon aerosol mass concentration at a coastal site: Case studies

Lithuanian Journal of Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-344

  Ulevicius V ^a   Bycenkiene S ^a   Spirkauskaite N ^a   Kecorius, S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

; Aethalometer; Biomass burning; Black carbon aerosol; Ngstrom exponent of the absorption coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958600016     PISSN: 16488504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3952/lithjphys.50304     Document Type: Article

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