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Insights on nitrate sources at Dome C (East Antarctic Plateau) from multi-year aerosol and snow records Cover

Insights on nitrate sources at Dome C (East Antarctic Plateau) from multi-year aerosol and snow records

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 66 (2014): Issue 1
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|Jan 2014
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.22550 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 22550 - 22550
Submitted on: Aug 6, 2013
Accepted on: May 6, 2014
Published on: Jan 1, 2014
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
nitrate,
aerosol,
Antarctica,
Dome C,
chemical composition

© 2014 Rita Traversi, Roberto Udisti, Daniele Frosini, Silvia Becagli, Virginia Ciardini, Bernd Funke, Christian Lanconelli, Boyan Petkov, Claudio Scarchilli, Mirko Severi, Vito Vitale, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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