Elemental carbon in snow at Changbai Mountain, northeastern China: Concentrations, scavenging ratios, and dry deposition velocities

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 629-640

  Wang, Z W ^a   Gallet, J C ^b   Pedersen, C A ^b   Zhang, X S ^a   Strom J ^c   Ci, Z J ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAEKDU MOUNTAIN; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84892948257     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-629-2014     Document Type: Article

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