Interpretation of Arctic aerosol properties using cluster analysis applied to observations in the Svalbard area

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 457-476

  Treffeisen, R ^a   Herber, A ^a   Strom J ^b   Shiobara, M ^c   Yamanouchi, T ^c   Yamagata, S ^d   Holmen K ^e   Kriews, M ^a   Schrems, O ^a  

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

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; POLAR REGION; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

EID: 9444252812     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2004.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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