Seasonal accumulation timing and preservation of nitrate in firn at Summit, Greenland

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Burkhart, John F ^a   Hutterli, Manuel ^a,b   Bales, Roger C ^c   McConnell, Joseph R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Merced   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenland; Nitrate preservation; Snow and ice

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; AIR-SNOW INTERACTION; NITRATE; SNOW;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; SUMMIT; WORLD;

EID: 10644259642     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004658     Document Type: Article

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