Air-snow exchange investigations at Summit, Greenland: An overview

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C12, 1997, Pages 26795-26807

  Dibb, Jack E ^a,c   Jaffrezo, Jean Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR/SNOW EXCHANGE; ARCTIC FREE TROPOSPHERE; GISP2; GRIP; PALAEOCLIMATE; SNOW CHEMISTRY;

GREENLAND, SUMMIT;

EID: 0031433632     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC02303     Document Type: Review

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