Spatial and temporal variations in snow chemistry along a traverse from coastal East Antarctica to the ice sheet summit (Dome A)

• Main Authors: Shi, Guitao, Ma, Hongmei, Hu, Zhengyi, Chen, Zhenlou, An, Chunlei, Jiang, Su, Li, Yuansheng, Ma, Tianming, Yu, Jinhai, Wang, Danhe, Lu, Siyu, Sun, Bo, Hastings, Meredith G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; Indian; Princess Elizabeth Land; The Antarctic; Zhongshan; Zhongshan Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-255; https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2020-255/

There is a large variability in environmental conditions across the Antarctic ice sheet, and it is of significance to investigate the snow chemistry at as many locations as possible and over time, given that the ice sheet itself, and precipitation and deposition patterns and trends are changing. The...