Nitrate deposition to surface snow at Summit, Greenland, following the 9 November 2000 solar proton event

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6938-6957

  Duderstadt, Katharine A ^a   Dibb, Jack E ^a   Jackman, Charles H ^b   Randall, Cora E ^c   Solomon, Stanley C ^d   Mills, Michael J ^d   Schwadron, Nathan A ^a   Spence, Harlan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; IONOSPHERE; PROTONS; SNOW; SODIUM SULFATE; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; MEASUREMENT CORRELATIONS; SOLAR PROTON EVENTS; SOLAR PROTONS; SPE; SUMMIT; WACCM; WHOLE ATMOSPHERE COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS;

NITRATES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; ICE CORE; NITRATE; SIMULATION; SNOW COVER; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SUMMIT;

EID: 84903287588     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021389     Document Type: Article

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