Morphology and state of mixture of atmospheric soot aggregates during the winter season over Southern Asia-a quantitative approach

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Coz, Esther ^a   Leck, Caroline ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; SOOT; SULFATE; TEXTURE; WINTER;

HANIMAADHOO; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); MAHARASHTRA; MALDIVES; PUNE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 78650945323     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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