Geographic variability of nitrate deposition and preservation over the Greenland ice sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

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

^a Merced   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE; NITRATES; SEA LEVEL; SNOW; SUBLIMATION;

DATA SETS; DATA SUPPORT; DRY SNOW; GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE FLUXES; NONUNIFORM; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABLES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRANSFER FUNCTION MODEL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; NITRATE; PALEOCLIMATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRESERVATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBLIMATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 66449109993     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010600     Document Type: Article

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