Direct measurements of atmospheric iron, cobalt, and aluminum-derived dust deposition at Kerguelen Islands

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Heimburger, A ^a   Losno, R ^a   Triquet, S ^a   Dulac, F ^a,b   Mahowald, N ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CO DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION FLUXES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DUST DEPOSITION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; LOW LEVEL; MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE BIOTA; MODEL RESULTS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; TRACE METAL; WET SCAVENGING;

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COBALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; DUST; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

ALUMINUM COATINGS;

AEROSOL; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COBALT; DUST; IRON; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84871263533     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GB004301     Document Type: Article

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