Air-snow transfer of nitrate on the East Antarctic Plateau - Part 1: Isotopic evidence for a photolytically driven dynamic equilibrium in summer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6403-6419

  Erbland, J ^a   Vicars, W C ^a   Savarino, J ^a   Morin, S ^b   Frey, M M ^c   Frosini, D ^d   Vince, E ^e   Martins, J M F ^e  

^a VERIMAG   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SNOW INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NITRATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SUMMER;

ANTARCTICA; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84880612842     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-6403-2013     Document Type: Article

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