Black carbon aerosol size in snow

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schwarz, J P ^a,b   Gao, R S ^a   Perring, A E ^a,b   Spackman, J R ^a,c   Fahey, D W ^a,b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SNOW;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PARTICLE SIZE; SOOT;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL WARMING; PARTICLE SIZE; SNOW; SOOT;

EID: 84875126886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01356     Document Type: Article

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