Seasonal variations of aerosol size distributions based on long-term measurements at the high altitude Himalayan site of Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid (5079 m), Nepal

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 10679-10690

  Sellegri, K ^a   Laj, P ^b   Venzac, H ^a   Boulon, J ^a   Picard, D ^a   Villani, P ^b   Bonasoni, P ^c   Marinoni, A ^c   Cristofanelli, P ^c   Vuillermoz, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

NEPAL;

EID: 78349254659     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-10679-2010     Document Type: Article

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