Halogens in the coastal snow pack near Barrow, Alaska: Evidence for active bromine air-snow chemistry during springtime

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Simpson, William R ^a   Alvarez Aviles, Laura ^a   Douglas, Thomas A ^b   Sturm, Matthew ^b   Domine, Florent ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; COASTAL ZONES; GASES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEAWATER; SODIUM; BROMINE; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS;

COASTAL SNOW; FROST FLOWERS; HALIDE CONCENTRATION; HALOGEN GASES;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE; HALOGEN; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SNOWPACK;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COASTAL SNOW; END-PRODUCTS; FROST FLOWERS; HALIDE CONCENTRATION; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; MARINE SOURCES; SNOW CHEMISTRY; SNOW SAMPLES;

EID: 19744373064     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021748     Document Type: Article

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