Particulate and water-soluble carbon measured in recent snow at Summit, Greenland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Hagler, Gayle S W ^a   Bergin, Michael H ^a,b   Smith, Eugene A ^a   Dibb, Jack E ^c   Anderson, Casey ^c   Steig, Eric J ^d  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ICE SHEET; PARTICULATE ELEMENTAL CARBON; SNOW PIT; WATER-INSOLUBLE PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; ICE CORE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SNOW;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; SUMMIT;

EID: 35948974310     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030110     Document Type: Article

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