Elemental carbon, organic carbon, and dust concentrations in snow measured with thermal optical and gravimetric methods: Variations during the 2007-2013 winters at Sapporo, Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 868-882

  Kuchiki, Katsuyuki ^a   Aoki, Teruo ^a   Niwano, Masashi ^a   Matoba, Sumito ^b   Kodama, Yuji ^c   Adachi, Kouji ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; FILTRATION; GRAVIMETRY; LIGHT INTENSITY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; ORGANIC CARBON; SNOW; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SAPPORO;

EID: 84923199910     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022144     Document Type: Article

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