The influence of snow grain size and impurities on the vertical profiles of actinic flux and associated NOx emissions on the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3547-3567

  Zatko, M C ^a   Grenfell, T C ^a   Alexander, B ^a   Doherty, S J ^b   Thomas, J L ^c,d   Yang, X ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BLACK CARBON; EMISSION; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; SOUTH POLE; SUMMIT;

EID: 84880582807     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-3547-2013     Document Type: Article

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