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| 04 Mar 2016
The impact of snow nitrate photolysis on boundary layer chemistry and the recycling and redistribution of reactive nitrogen across Antarctica and Greenland in a global chemical transport model
Maria Zatko
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle,
USA
Lei Geng
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle,
USA
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle,
USA
Eric Sofen
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle,
USA
now at: MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA
Katarina Klein
Division of Glaciology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for
Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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We have incorporated an idealized snowpack with a nitrate photolysis parameterization into a global chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem) to examine the implications of snow nitrate photolysis for boundary layer chemistry, the recycling and redistribution of reactive nitrogen, and the preservation of ice-core nitrate in ice cores across Antarctica and Greenland. We also examine the sensitivity of these processes to meteorological parameters and chemical, optical, and physical snow properties.
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