Using the significant dust deposition event on the glaciers of Mt.∼Elbrus, Caucasus Mountains, Russia on 5 May 2009 to develop a method for dating and "provenancing" of desert dust events recorded in snow pack

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1797-1808

  Shahgedanova, M ^a   Kutuzov, S ^a,b   White, K H ^a   Nosenko, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DUST; GLACIER; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PROVENANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SEVIRI; SNOWPACK;

CAUCASUS; MOUNT ELBRUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84874445937     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-1797-2013     Document Type: Article

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