Composition, isotopic fingerprint and source attribution of nitrate deposition from rain and fog at a Sub-Arctic Mountain site in Central Sweden (Mt Åreskutan)

Carmen P. Vega; E. Monica Mårtensson; Ulla Wideqvist; Jan Kaiser; Paul Zieger; Johan Ström

doi:10.1080/16000889.2018.1559398

Composition, isotopic fingerprint and source attribution of nitrate deposition from rain and fog at a Sub-Arctic Mountain site in Central Sweden (Mt Åreskutan)

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 71 (2019): Issue 1

By: Carmen P. Vega, E. Monica Mårtensson, Ulla Wideqvist, Jan Kaiser, Paul Zieger and Johan Ström

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