The influence of the atmosphere-snow-ice-ocean interactions on the levels of hexachlorocyclohexanes in the Arctic cryosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Pucko M ^a,b   Stern, G A ^a,b   MacDonald, R W ^a,c   Rosenberg, B ^b   Barber, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SOLVENTS; WATER FILTRATION;

COLD WINTER; CRYOSPHERE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; ICE COLUMNS; ICE FORMATIONS; ICE GROWTH; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; SCAVENGING RATIOS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

SNOW;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BRINE; CRYOSPHERE; FLUSHING; HCH; PERCOLATION; SALINITY; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEA ICE; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79952156778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006614     Document Type: Article

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