Frost flowers: Implications for tropospheric chemistry and ice core interpretation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D23, 2002, Pages

  Rankin, Andrew M ^a   Wolff, Eric W ^a   Martin, Seelye ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Frost flowers; Ice cores; Sea salt; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448982902     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002492     Document Type: Article

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