Seasonal development of ion concentration in a high alpine snow pack

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 4041-4051

  Kuhn, M ^a   Haslhofer, J ^a   Nickus, U ^a   Schellander, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acidic precipitation; Alps; Ion concentrations; Seasonality; Snow

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; IONS; NITRATES; SODIUM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM; CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

SNOW;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; ION; NITRATE; SNOW; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; WATER;

IONIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SEASONALITY; SNOW;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUSTRIA; CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; WINTER;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

EID: 0032402821     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00216-1     Document Type: Article

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