Beryllium-10 transport to Antarctica: Results from seasonally resolved observations and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Pedro, J B ^a,b   Heikkila U E ^c   Klekociuk, A ^d   Smith, A M ^c   Van Ommen, T D ^b,d   Curran, M A J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; BERYLLIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; SOLAR ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR SAMPLING; ANTARCTIC STRATOSPHERE; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUSTRAL WINTER; COSMOGENIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE CORE; ICE CORE RECORDS; ICE SHEET; MIDLATITUDES; POLAR ICE CORE; SEASONAL CHANGES; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STRATOSPHERE TO TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE;

ICE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STRATOSPHERE; SYNCHRONY; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAW DOME;

EID: 84055176265     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016530     Document Type: Article

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