Iodine monoxide in the Antarctic snowpack

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2439-2456

  Friess U ^a   Deutschmann, T ^a   Gilfedder, B S ^b   Weller, R ^c   Platt, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IODINE; OXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOWPACK;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77949361321     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-2439-2010     Document Type: Article

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