Atmospheric processing of iron carried by mineral dust

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 9169-9181

  Nickovic, S ^a,b   Vukovic, A ^b,c   Vujadinovic, M ^b,c  

^a WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c South East European Virtual Climate Change Center ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DUST; IRON; MINERAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 84882309861     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9169-2013     Document Type: Article

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