Ammonium concentration in ice cores: A new proxy for regional temperature reconstruction?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Kellerhals, T ^a,b   Brutsch S ^b   Sigl, M ^a,b   Knusel S ^a,b   Gaggeler H W ^a,b   Schwikowski, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; REPAIR;

18TH CENTURY; AMAZON BASIN; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; ICE CORE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SOURCE STRENGTH; SOUTH AMERICA; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE PROXY; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION; TIME-PERIODS; WARM CONDITIONS; WARM TEMPERATURES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMASS BURNING; ICE CORE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER BASIN; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL REGION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BOLIVIA; ILLIMANI; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA];

EID: 77956315293     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012603     Document Type: Article

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