Seasonal variations and vertical features of aerosol particles in the Antarctic troposphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 5471-5484

  Hara, K ^a,c   Osada, K ^b   Nishita Hara, C ^b,c   Yamanouchi, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BALLOON OBSERVATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HAZE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SYOWA STATION;

EID: 79959996097     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-5471-2011     Document Type: Article

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