Atmospheric 210Pb, 210Po and 210Po/210Pb activity ratio in urban aerosols: temporal variability and impact of biomass burning emission

Kirpa Ram; M.m. Sarin

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.17513

Atmospheric 210Pb, 210Po and 210Po/210Pb activity ratio in urban aerosols: temporal variability and impact of biomass burning emission

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Kirpa Ram and M.m. Sarin

Open Access

|Jan 2012

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