Year-round record of bulk and size-segregated aerosol composition in central Antarctica (Concordia site) - Part 2: Biogenic sulfur (sulfate and methanesulfonate) aerosol

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2017, Pages 14055-14073

  Legrand, Michel ^a,b   Preunkert, Susanne ^a,b   Weller, Rolf ^c   Zipf, Lars ^d   Elsässer, Christoph ^d   Merchel, Silke ^e   Rugel, Georg ^e   Wagenbach, Dietmar ^d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SULFUR;

ANTARCTICA; CONCORDIA STATION; DUMONT D'URVILLE SEA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 85034996763     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-14055-2017     Document Type: Article

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