A Seasonal Record of Total Particulate Matter Embedded in Greenland Surface Snow
Atmospheric aerosols are often investigated in order to gain insight into their effects on the global radiative heat budget, optical properties of the atmosphere, and their effects on human health. Characterizing the seasonal behavior of these aerosols is fundamental in understanding their climatolo...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s1431927600028464 2023-05-15T16:26:32+02:00 A Seasonal Record of Total Particulate Matter Embedded in Greenland Surface Snow Kessler, J.D. Currie, L.A. Windsor, E.S. Newbury, D.E. 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927600028464 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1431927600028464 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Microscopy and Microanalysis volume 7, issue S2, page 478-479 ISSN 1431-9276 1435-8115 Instrumentation journal-article 2001 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s1431927600028464 2022-04-07T08:59:49Z Atmospheric aerosols are often investigated in order to gain insight into their effects on the global radiative heat budget, optical properties of the atmosphere, and their effects on human health. Characterizing the seasonal behavior of these aerosols is fundamental in understanding their climatological and air quality impacts. As part of a larger program to study the present and recent history of chemical species transported to Greenland, we analyzed a seasonal cycle of total aerosol matter scavenged from the air by surface snow. During a “winter-over” experiment in Summit, Greenland, extending from June 1997 through March 1998, kilogram quantities of surface snow were collected, melted, and filtered onto high-purity quartz fiber filters in the field. Upon the receipt of these filters at NIST, the total particulate matter was removed from the filters and transferred to boron substrates with protocols involving resuspension, centrifugation, and filtration.’ Previous techniques that quantified multi-element particles used several different substrates. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Greenland Microscopy and Microanalysis 7 S2 478 479 |
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Atmospheric aerosols are often investigated in order to gain insight into their effects on the global radiative heat budget, optical properties of the atmosphere, and their effects on human health. Characterizing the seasonal behavior of these aerosols is fundamental in understanding their climatological and air quality impacts. As part of a larger program to study the present and recent history of chemical species transported to Greenland, we analyzed a seasonal cycle of total aerosol matter scavenged from the air by surface snow. During a “winter-over” experiment in Summit, Greenland, extending from June 1997 through March 1998, kilogram quantities of surface snow were collected, melted, and filtered onto high-purity quartz fiber filters in the field. Upon the receipt of these filters at NIST, the total particulate matter was removed from the filters and transferred to boron substrates with protocols involving resuspension, centrifugation, and filtration.’ Previous techniques that quantified multi-element particles used several different substrates. |
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A Seasonal Record of Total Particulate Matter Embedded in Greenland Surface Snow |
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A Seasonal Record of Total Particulate Matter Embedded in Greenland Surface Snow |
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A Seasonal Record of Total Particulate Matter Embedded in Greenland Surface Snow |
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A Seasonal Record of Total Particulate Matter Embedded in Greenland Surface Snow |
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A Seasonal Record of Total Particulate Matter Embedded in Greenland Surface Snow |
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seasonal record of total particulate matter embedded in greenland surface snow |
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Microscopy and Microanalysis volume 7, issue S2, page 478-479 ISSN 1431-9276 1435-8115 |
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