Snow chemistry across Antarctica
- Bertler, N.
- Mayewski, P.A.
- Aristarain, A.
- Barrett, P.
- Becagli, S.
- Bernardo, R.
- Bo, S.
- Xiao, C.
- Curran, M.
- Qin, D.
- Dixon, D.
- Ferron, F.
- Fischer, H.
- Frey, M.
- Frezzotti, M.
- Fundel, F.
- Genthon, C.
- Gragnani, R.
- Hamilton, G.
- Handley, M.
- Hong, S.
- Isaksson, E.
- Kang, J.
- Ren, J.
- Kamiyama, K.
- Kanamori, S.
- Karkas, E.
- Karlof, L.
- Kaspari, S.
- Kreutz, K.
- Kurbatov, A.
- Meyerson, E.
- Ming, Y.
- Zhang, M.
- Motoyama, H.
- Mulvaney, R.
- Oerter, H.
- Osterberg, E.
- Proposito, M.
- Pyne, A.
- Ruth, U.
- Simoes, J.
- Smith, B.
- Sneed, S.
- Teinila, K.
- Traufetter, F.
- Udisti, R.
- Virkkula, A.
- Watanbe, O.
- Williamson, B.
- Winther, J-G.
- Li, Y.
- Wolff, E.
- Li, Z.
- Zielinski, A.
DOIAbstract
An updated compilation of published and new data of major-ion (Ca, Cl, K, Mg, Na, NO3, SO4) and methylsulfonate (MS) concentrations in snow from 520 Antarctic sites is provided by the national ITASE (International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition) programmes of Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States and the national Antarctic programme of Finland. The comparison shows that snow chemistry concentrations vary by up to four orders of magnitude across Antarctica and exhibit distinct geographical patterns. The Antarctic-wide comparison of glaciochemical records provides a unique opportunity to improve our understanding of the fundamental factors that ultimately cont...
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