Articles | Volume 14, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-1107-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-1107-2014
Research article
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29 Jan 2014
Research article |  | 29 Jan 2014

Wet and dry deposition of mineral dust particles in Japan: factors related to temporal variation and spatial distribution

K. Osada, S. Ura, M. Kagawa, M. Mikami, T. Y. Tanaka, S. Matoba, K. Aoki, M. Shinoda, Y. Kurosaki, M. Hayashi, A. Shimizu, and M. Uematsu

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