Black Carbon in Snow

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2015
• Subjects: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE; climate; atmosphere; environment; glaciology; EARTH SCIENCE; CRYOSPHERE; GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS; GLACIERS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Jan Mayen; black carbon; North Atlantic; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/d7f15758-2701-4a4d-afaa-21b8f1e978a9

Elemental carbon (proxy for black carbon) consentrations in the upper 5 cm of the snow pack. Each snow sample was collected from the upper 5 cm of the snow (1–2 L, unmelted), in a glass jar. The snow samples were kept frozen until being rapidly melted in a microwave oven, and then the melted water (...