The sources of atmospheric black carbon at a European gateway to the Arctic

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Winiger, P ^a   Andersson, A ^a   Eckhardt, S ^b   Stohl, A ^b   Gustafsson, O ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOSSIL FUEL; POLLUTION POLICY;

AEROSOL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LONGITUDE; METEOROLOGY; PREDICTION; SCANDINAVIA; SIMULATION;

ARCTIC; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84987835354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12776     Document Type: Article

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