Shape and size constraints on dust optical properties from the Dome C ice core, Antarctica

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Potenza, M A C ^a   Albani, S ^b   Delmonte, B ^c   Villa, S ^a   Sanvito, T ^c   Paroli, B ^a   Pullia, A ^a   Baccolo, G ^c,d,e   Mahowald, N ^b   Maggi, V ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE; DUST; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; THICKNESS;

EID: 84975503037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep28162     Document Type: Article

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