Size-resolved chemical composition of Australian dust aerosol during winter

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-262

  Radhi, M ^a   Box, M A ^a   Box, G P ^a   Keywood, M D ^b   Cohen, D D ^c   Stelcer, E ^c   Mitchell, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

chloride depletion; entrained salt; ion beam analysis; Lake Eyre Basin; mineral dust aerosol; radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; COASTAL ZONE; DUST; DUST STORM; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRIC ACID; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SALT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79959568882     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN10134     Document Type: Article

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