Water-soluble organic carbon in snow and ice deposited at Alpine, Greenland, and Antarctic sites: A critical review of available data and their atmospheric relevance

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2195-2211

  Legrand, M ^a   Preunkert, S ^a   Jourdain, B ^a   Guilhermet, J ^a   Fain X ^a   Alekhina, I ^b   Petit, J R ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; ORGANIC CARBON; SNOW;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84884811577     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2195-2013     Document Type: Article

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