Chemistry of snow from high altitude, mid/low latitude glaciers

Authors

W. Berry Lyons, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
Cameron P. Wake, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
Paul A. Mayewski, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Abstract

Glaciochemical records describing the spatial and temporal variation in the chemical content of snow and ice in HAM/LL glaciers allows us to improve our understanding of the distribution of chemical species in the atmosphere at these latitudes, and their variation over space and time. The resulting data base provides the framework for describing and understanding aspects of atmospheric chemistry and circulation, biogeochemical cycling, climate change, anthropogenic emissions to the atmosphere, glacial hydrology and evidence of volcanic events. Furthermore, records from glaciochemical investigations are especially important when direct observations and measurements of the atmosphere are either spatially and/or temporally lacking.

Department

Earth Sciences, Earth Systems Research Center

Publication Date

1991

Journal Title

Seasonal Snowpacks

Publisher

Springer

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1007/978-3-642-75112-7_17

Document Type

Book Chapter

Recommended Citation

W. B. Lyons, C. Wake, and P. Mayewski, "Chemistry of snow from high altitude, mid/low latitude glaciers," in Seasonal Snowpacks: Processes of Compositional Change, T. D. Davies, M. Tranter, and H. G. Jones, Eds. Berlin: Springer Science + Business Media, 1991, pp. 359–383.

Comments

Seasonal Snowpacks

Volume 28 of the series NATO ASI Series