Atmospheric input of trace metals to the western Mediterranean: uncertainties in modelling dry deposition from cascade impactor data

François Dulac; Patrick Buat-Ménard; Ullah Ezat; Sami Melki; Gilles Bergamett

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v41i3.15094

Atmospheric input of trace metals to the western Mediterranean: uncertainties in modelling dry deposition from cascade impactor data

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 41 (1989): Issue 3

By: François Dulac, Patrick Buat-Ménard, Ullah Ezat, Sami Melki and Gilles Bergamett

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Submitted on: Oct 1, 1987

Accepted on: Nov 27, 1988

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