Changes in precipitating snow chemistry with location and elevation in the California Sierra Nevada

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 7296-7309

  Creamean, Jessie M ^a,b   Axson, Jessica L ^c   Bondy, Amy L ^c   Craig, Rebecca L ^c   May, Nathaniel W ^c   Shen, Hongru ^c   Weber, Michael H ^c   Pratt, Kerri A ^c   Ault, Andrew P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEVATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84973451748     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024700     Document Type: Article

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