The rates of sea salt sulfatization in the atmosphere and surface snow of inland Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Iizuka, Yoshinori, Tsuchimoto, Akira, Hoshina, Yu, Sakurai, Toshimitsu, Hansson, Margareta, Karlin, Torbjörn, Fujita, Koji, Nakazawa, Fumio, Motoyama, Hideaki, Fujita, Shuji
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: 452; Dome Fuji; Dome Fuji Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/49886; https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016378

Most of the aerosol particles present in the surface snow and ice of inland Antarctica come from primary sea salt (sodium chloride) and marine biological activity (methansulfonic and sulfuric acids). Melted water from surface snow, firn, and Holocene ice contains mainly sodium, chloride, and sulfate...