Characterizing Atmospheric Transport Pathways to Antarctica and the Remote Southern Ocean Using Radon-222

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Scott D. Chambers, Susanne Preunkert, Rolf Weller, Sang-Bum Hong, Ruhi S. Humphries, Laura Tositti, Hélène Angot, Michel Legrand, Alastair G. Williams, Alan D. Griffiths, Jagoda Crawford, Jack Simmons, Taejin J. Choi, Paul B. Krummel, Suzie Molloy, Zoë Loh, Ian Galbally, Stephen Wilson, Olivier Magand, Francesca Sprovieri, Nicola Pirrone, Aurélien Dommergue
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
• Subjects: radon; Southern Ocean; Antarctica; atmospheric transport; MBL; troposphere; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Neumayer; Dumont d’Urville; Bogo; Antarc*; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00190; https://doaj.org/article/14d9175bfa8041588dce2c23da8fd22e

We discuss remote terrestrial influences on boundary layer air over the Southern Ocean and Antarctica, and the mechanisms by which they arise, using atmospheric radon observations as a proxy. Our primary motivation was to enhance the scientific community’s ability to understand and quantify the pote...