Factors controlling black carbon distribution in the Arctic

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1037-1059

  Qi, Ling ^a,b   Li, Qinbin ^a,b   Li, Yinrui ^c,d   He, Cenlin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DRY DEPOSITION; EMISSION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 85010332942     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-1037-2017     Document Type: Article

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