Chemistry of snow and lake water in Antarctic region

Surface snow and lake water samples were collected at different locations around Indian station at Antarctica, Maitri, during December 2004-March 2005 and December 2006-March 2007. Samples were analyzed for major chemical ions. It is found that average pH value of snow is 6.1. Average pH value of la...

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Main Authors: Ali, K, Sonbawane, S, Chate, DM, Siingh, D, Rao, PSP, Safai, PD, Budhavant, KB
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Indian academy of Science 2010
Subjects:
Meteorology and Climatology
Antarctic
Indian
Maitri
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://moeseprints.incois.gov.in/747/
http://moeseprints.incois.gov.in/747/1/2120.pdf
http://www.ias.ac.in/jess/dec2010/753.pdf
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Summary:Surface snow and lake water samples were collected at different locations around Indian station at Antarctica, Maitri, during December 2004-March 2005 and December 2006-March 2007. Samples were analyzed for major chemical ions. It is found that average pH value of snow is 6.1. Average pH value of lake water with low chemical content is 6.2 and of lake water with high chemical content is 6.5. The Na + and Cl - are the most abundantly occurring ions at Antarctica. Considerable amount of SO 2- 4 is also found in the surface snow and the lake water which is attributed to the oxidation of DMS produced by marine phytoplankton. Neutralization of acidic components of snow is mainly done by NH + 4 and Mg 2+. The Mg 2+, Ca 2+ and K + are nearly equally effective in neutralizing the acidic components in lake water. The NH + 4 and SO 2- 4 occur over the Antarctica region mostly in the form of (NH 4) 2SO 4.

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