Is cloud seeding in coastal Antarctica linked to bromine and nitrate variability in snow?

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Antony, Runa ^a   Thamban, Meloth ^a   Krishnan, K P ^a   Mahalinganathan, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Algae; Antarctica; Bromide; Methanesulfonate; Nitrate; Snow

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGAE; EUTROPHICATION; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; NITRATES; OZONE; SULFUR;

ANTARCTICA; BROMIDE; BROMINATED COMPOUNDS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; EAST ANTARCTICA; GLOBAL CLIMATES; ICE-FREE REGIONS; METHANESULFONATES;

SNOW;

EID: 77950672917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/1/014009     Document Type: Article

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