Modeling chemistry in and above snow at Summit, Greenland-Part 2: Impact of snowpack chemistry on the oxidation capacity of the boundary layer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6537-6554

  Thomas, J L ^a,b   Dibb, J E ^c   Huey, L G ^d   Liao, J ^d   Tanner, D ^d   Lefer, B ^e   Von Glasow, R ^f   Stutz, J ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SNOW INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HALOGEN; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OXIDATION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SNOW; SNOWPACK;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SUMMIT;

EID: 84864197918     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6537-2012     Document Type: Article

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