Frost flowers growing in the Arctic ocean-atmosphere-sea ice-snow interface: 2. Mercury exchange between the atmosphere, snow, and frost flowers

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Sherman, Laura S ^a   Blum, Joel D ^a   Douglas, Thomas A ^b   Steffen, Alexandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SNOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; FROST FLOWERS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE SURFACES; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION; POLAR REGIONS; REFREEZING; STABLE ISOTOPES; TIME-PERIODS; VAPOR PHASE; WICKING;

SEA ICE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BRINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATE; FROST; HALOGEN; ICE CRYSTAL; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLAR REGION; SEA ICE; SNOW; SNOWPACK;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857088335     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016186     Document Type: Article

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