Potential genesis and implications of calcium nitrate in Antarctic snow

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Mahalinganathan, Kanthanathan, Thamban, Meloth
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Princess Elizabeth Land; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-825-2016; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/10/825/2016/

Among the large variety of particulates in the atmosphere, calcic mineral dust particles have highly reactive surfaces that undergo heterogeneous reactions with atmospheric acids contiguously. The association between nssCa 2+ , an important proxy indicator of mineral dust, and NO 3 − , a dominant an...