Formaldehyde in the Alaskan Arctic snowpack: Partitioning and physical processes involved in air-snow exchanges

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Barret, Manuel ^a   Domine, Florent ^a   Houdier, Stephan ^a   Gallet, Jean Charles ^a   Weibring, Petter ^b   Walega, James ^b   Fried, Alan ^b   Richter, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BROMINE; CRYSTALS; DIAMONDS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DUST; FORMALDEHYDE; ICE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LIQUIDS; SNOW; TROPOSPHERE;

ACTIVE MEDIUM; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; DIAMOND DUST; FIELD CAMPAIGN; ICE CRYSTALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POLAR REGIONS; POST-DEPOSITION; QUASILIQUID LAYERS; REACTIVE SPECIES; SNOW CRYSTALS; SOLID-STATE DIFFUSION; SURFACE SNOW; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AIR-SNOW INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSION; FORMALDEHYDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLAR REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SNOWPACK; SURFACE AREA; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALASKA; ALERT; BARROW; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053080825     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016038     Document Type: Article

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