The role of blowing snow in the activation of bromine over first-year Antarctic sea ice

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7537-7545

  Lieb Lappen, R M ^a   Obbard, R W ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWING SNOW; BROMINE; ICE CORE; NITRATE; SEA ICE; SNOWPACK; SULFATE;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84937035336     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-7537-2015     Document Type: Article

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