Methanesulphonic acid (MSA) stratigraphy from a Talos Dome ice core as a tool in depicting sea ice changes and southern atmospheric circulation over the previous 140 years

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1051-1058

  Becagli, Silvia ^a   Castellano, Emiliano ^a   Cerri, Omar ^a   Curran, Mark ^b   Frezzotti, Massimo ^c   Marino, Federica ^a,d   Morganti, Andrea ^a   Proposito, Marco ^c   Severi, Mirko ^a   Traversi, Rita ^a   Udisti, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice core; Methanesulphonic acid; SAM; Sea ice; SOI; Talos Dome

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ICE CORE; METHANESULPHONIC ACID; SAM; SOI; TALOS DOME;

ACIDS; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DOMES; METEOROLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBULENT FLOW;

ICE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ICE COVER; PERIODICITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; TALOS DOME;

EID: 58249133798     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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