Photolysis imprint in the nitrate stable isotope signal in snow and atmosphere of East Antarctica and implications for reactive nitrogen cycling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8681-8696

  Frey, M M ^a,b   Savarino, J ^a   Morin, S ^a,c   Erbland, J ^a   F Martins, J M ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c France CNRS CNRM GAME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SNOW; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 70450228359     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-8681-2009     Document Type: Article

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