Ice Core Studies of Global Biogeochemical Cycles [Paperback]

The analysis of polar ice cores has proven to be very instructive about past environmental conditions on the time scale of several climatic cycles, and recent drilling operations have provided information of great value for global change issues.
The book presents the most recent data extracted from Greenland ice cores and surface experiments and compares them with former Antarctic results. It contains background articles, original contributions and group reports of interest to scientists, climatologists, atmospheric chemists, and glaciologists involved in global change research.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop Ice Score Studies of Global Biogeochemical Cycles , held in Annecy, France, March 26 - 31, 1993The analysis of polar ice cores has proven to be very instructive about past environmental conditions on the time scale of several climatic cycles, and recent drilling operations have provided information of great value for global change issues.
The book presents the most recent data extracted from Greenland ice cores and surface experiments and compares them with former Antarctic results. It contains background articles, original contributions and group reports of interest to scientists, climatologists, atmospheric chemists, and glaciologists involved in global change research.Arctic Aerosols: Composition, Sources and Transport.- Nature and Origin of Antarctic Submicron Aerosols.- Cloud Processes in the Troposphere.- Ocean/Atmosphere Cycling of Dimethylsulfide.- Sulphur-Derived Species in Polar Ice: A Review.- The Contributions of Wet, Fog, and Dry Deposition to the Summer SO4 2? Flux at Summit, Greenland.- Biological Sulfur, Clouds and Climate.- The Chemistry and Climatic Role of Biogenic Sulfur: Group Discussion.- 1250 Years of Global Volcanism as Revealed by Central Greenland Ice Cores.- Nitrate in Polar Ice.- A Preliminary Study of the Air-Snow Relationship for Nitric Acid in Greenland.- Nitric Acid in Firn: Discussion.- GroulS�