Dissolved organic matter and inorganic ions in a central himalayan glacier -insights into chemical composition and atmospheric sources

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6181-6188

  Xu, Jianzhong ^a,b   Zhang, Qi ^b   Li, Xiangying ^a   Ge, Xinlei ^b   Xiao, Cunde ^a   Ren, Jiawen ^a   Qin, Dahe ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; INORGANIC SPECIES; OXYGEN-TO-CARBON RATIO; TIME-OF-FLIGHT AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON;

SNOW;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GLACIER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INORGANIC MATTER; ION; MELTING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY DEPOSITION; GLACIER; PH; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ICE COVER; INDIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEPAL; SNOW;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84879212422     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4009882     Document Type: Article

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