Levoglucosan as a specific marker of fire events in Greenland snow

Natalie Kehrwald; Roberta Zangrando; Paolo Gabrielli; Jean-Luc Jaffrezo; Claude Boutron; Carlo Barbante; Andrea Gambaro

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18196

Levoglucosan as a specific marker of fire events in Greenland snow

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Natalie Kehrwald, Roberta Zangrando, Paolo Gabrielli, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, Claude Boutron, Carlo Barbante and Andrea Gambaro

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