Nitrate in Polar Ice: A New Tracer of Solar Variability

• Published in: Solar Physics
• Main Authors: Traversi R., Usoskin I. G., Solanki S. K., Becagli S., Frezzotti M., Severi M., Udisti R., STENNI, BARBARA
• Other Authors: Traversi, R., Usoskin, I. G., Solanki, S. K., Becagli, S., Frezzotti, M., Severi, M., Stenni, Barbara, Udisti, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Cosmic ray; galactic; Holocene; ice core; nitrate; solar cycle; Antarctic; Talos Dome; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2626918; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-012-0060-3

Knowledge of the long-term variability of solar activity is of both astrophysical and geoscientific interest. Reconstructions of solar activity over multiple millennia are traditionally based on cosmogenic isotopes 14C or 10Be measured in natural terrestrial archives, but the two isotopes exhibit si...