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Nitrate flux on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica and its relation to solar cosmic rays
Author(s) -
Zeller Edward J.,
Dreschhoff Gisela A. M.,
Laird Claude M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl013i012p01264
Subject(s) - firn , flux (metallurgy) , nitrate , ice core , oceanography , sea ice , geology , snow , atmospheric sciences , ice shelf , precipitation , cosmic ray , environmental science , climatology , cryosphere , meteorology , geomorphology , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , astrophysics
Nitrate flux has been determined in the snow sequence deposited at Windless Bight on the Ross Ice Shelf (Antarctica). The data were obtained from on‐site analysis of nitrate concentrations from a glaciological pit and a firn core spanning the time interval from midwinter 1971 to January 1986. The high resolution data can be combined with precipitation records collected from adjacent areas to provide a record of nitrate flux. The resulting time series contains a signal which corresponds to the two major solar events of 1972 and 1984. The concentration and flux profiles may be useful in studies of Antarctic ozone depletion.