Tethered balloon-borne aerosol measurements: Seasonal and vertical variations of aerosol constituents over Syowa Station, Antarctica

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9119-9139

  Hara, K ^a,c   Osada, K ^b   Yamanouchi, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; FRACTIONATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEA SALT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SYOWA STATION;

EID: 84884236426     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9119-2013     Document Type: Article

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