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Research article
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07 Oct 2016
Research article |
| 07 Oct 2016
Air–snow exchange of nitrate: a modelling approach to investigate physicochemical processes in surface snow at Dome C, Antarctica
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK
now at: Météo France, CNRM, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, UMR3589, 42 avenue G. Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse CEDEX 1, France
Joël Savarino
Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
CNRS, LGGE UMR5183, 38041 Grenoble, France
Ghislain Picard
Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
CNRS, LGGE UMR5183, 38041 Grenoble, France
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- New Estimation of the NOx Snow‐Source on the Antarctic Plateau A. Barbero et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035062
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- Distinguishing summertime atmospheric production of nitrate across the East Antarctic Ice Sheet G. Shi et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.03.025
- Should We Not Further Study the Impact of Microbial Activity on Snow and Polar Atmospheric Chemistry? F. Domine https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7080260
- Modelling the physical multiphase interactions of HNO3 between snow and air on the Antarctic Plateau (Dome C) and coast (Halley) H. Chan et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1507-2018
- Nitrate deposition and preservation in the snowpack along a traverse from coast to the ice sheet summit (Dome A) in East Antarctica G. Shi et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1177-2018
- Summer variability of the atmospheric NO2 : NO ratio at Dome C on the East Antarctic Plateau A. Barbero et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12025-2022
- Fostering multidisciplinary research on interactions between chemistry, biology, and physics within the coupled cryosphere-atmosphere system J. Thomas et al. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.396
- Spatial variability of perchlorate in East Antarctic surface snow: Implications for atmospheric production S. Jiang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117743
- Preliminary observation of strong NOx release over Qiyi Glacier in the northeast of the Tibetan Plateau W. Lin et al. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EA00161J
- Effects of oxalic acid on Cr(VI) reduction by phenols in ice N. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06089-8
- Multi-year record of atmospheric and snow surface nitrate in the central Antarctic plateau R. Traversi et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.143
- Removal of γ-HCH, 1,4-Dichlorobenzene and trichloromethane from air via the adsorption of snow N. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.06.012
- The meteorology and chemistry of high nitrogen oxide concentrations in the stable boundary layer at the South Pole W. Neff et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-3755-2018
- Deposition, recycling, and archival of nitrate stable isotopes between the air–snow interface: comparison between Dronning Maud Land and Dome C, Antarctica V. Winton et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-5861-2020
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We develop a physically based parameterisation of the co-condensation process. Our model includes solid-state diffusion within a snow grain. It reproduces with good agreement the nitrate measurement in surface snow. Winter and summer concentrations are driven respectively by thermodynamic equilibrium and co-condensation. Adsorbed nitrate likely accounts for a minor part. This work shows that co-condensation is required to explain the chemical composition of snow undergoing temperature gradient.
We develop a physically based parameterisation of the co-condensation process. Our model...
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