Influence of the melting temperature on the measurement of the mass concentration and size distribution of black carbon in snow

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1939-1945

  Kinase, Takeshi ^a   Kita, Kazuyuki ^a   Tsukagawa Ogawa, Yoshimi ^b   Goto Azuma, Kumiko ^b,c   Kawashima, Hiroto ^d  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84966339551     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-1939-2016     Document Type: Article

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