Sea spray aerosol in central Antarctica. Present atmospheric behaviour and implications for paleoclimatic reconstructions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-120

  Udisti, R ^a   Dayan, U ^b   Becagli, S ^a   Busetto, M ^c   Frosini, D ^a   Legrand, M ^a   Lucarelli, F ^d   Preunkert, S ^d   Severi, M ^a   Traversi, R ^a   Vitale, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fractionating effects; Inland Antarctica aerosol; Sea spray aerosol; Size distribution; Snow aerosol interaction; Source characterization; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; FRACTIONATING EFFECTS; SNOW-AEROSOL INTERACTION; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DOMES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEAWATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CALCIUM ION; SEA WATER; SNOW; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA SET; METEOROLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PARTICLE SIZE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SALT; SEAWATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE; TRAJECTORY;

AEROSOL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY DEPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SPRAY AEROSOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; INDIAN SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84858790489     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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