Nitrate dry deposition in Svalbard

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Björkman, Mats P ^a,b   Kühnel, Rafael ^a,b   Partridge, Daniel G ^c,d   Roberts, Tjarda J ^a,e   Aas, Wenche ^f   Mazzola, Mauro ^g   Viola, Angelo ^h   Hodson, Andy ⁱ   Ström, Johan ^c   Isaksson, Elisabeth ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Boundary layer; Deposition velocity; Nitric acid; Ny lesund; Snow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN; SEASON; SNOWPACK; WINTER; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; POLAR REGION; SNOW;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; NY-ALESUND; SPITSBERGEN;

EID: 84907421504     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19071     Document Type: Article

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