Influence of North Atlantic Oscillation on anthropogenic transport recorded in northwest Greenland ice cores

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Merced   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ICE; NITRATES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SNOW; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EMISSION; ICE CORE; NITRATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 34548586941     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006771     Document Type: Article

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