Characterizing atmospheric transport pathways to antarctica and the remote southern ocean using radon-222

• Main Authors: Chambers, Scott, Preunkert, Susanne, Weller, Rolf, Hong, Sang-Bum, Humphries, Ruhi S, Tositti, Laura, Angot, Helene, Legrand, Michel, Williams, Alastair G, Griffiths, Alan, Crawford, Jagoda, Simmons, Jack B, Choi, Taejin, Krummel, Paul B, Molloy, Suzie B, Loh, Zoe, Galbally, Ian E, Wilson, Stephen R, Magand, Olivier, Sprovieri, Francesca, Pirrone, Nicola, Dommergue, Aurelien
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Online 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bogo; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; Neumayer; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers1/486; https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1498&context=smhpapers1

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...