T. Aoki, S. Matoba, S. Yamaguchi, T. Tanikawa, M. Niwano, K. Kuchiki, K. Adachi, J. Uetake, H. Motoyama, M. Hori
{"title":"Light-absorbing snow impurity concentrations measured on Northwest Greenland ice sheet in 2011 and 2012","authors":"T. Aoki, S. Matoba, S. Yamaguchi, T. Tanikawa, M. Niwano, K. Kuchiki, K. Adachi, J. Uetake, H. Motoyama, M. Hori","doi":"10.5331/BGR.32.21","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Light-absorbingsnowimpuritiesofelementalcarbon�(EC),�organiccarbon�(OC),�andmineraldusthave� beenmeasuredatthreelocationsatelevationsfrom�1,469�to�1,992�monAugust�1,�2011,�andatthesite� SIGMA-A�(78�N,�68�W,�elevation�1,490�m)�onthenorthwestGreenlandicesheet�(GrIS)�duringtheperiod� fromJune�28�toJuly�12,�2012. AtSIGMA-A,�aremarkablesnowsurfaceloweringtogetherwithsnow� meltingwasobservedduringtheobservationperiodin�2012,�whenarecordsurfacemeltingeventoccurred� overtheGrIS.� Theconcentrationsinthesurfacewere� 0.9,� 3.8,� and� 107�ppbwforEC,� OC,� anddust,� respectively,�atthebeginningoftheperiod,�whichincreasedto�4.9,�17.2,�and�1327�ppbwforEC,�OC,�anddust,� respectively,�attheend. TheECanddustconcentrationswereremarkablyhigherthanthoseatthethree� locationsin�2011�andtherecentmeasurementsatSummit. However,�ourmeasurementsforECandOC� couldbeunderestimatedbecausearecentstudyindicatesthatthecollectionefficiencyofaquartzfiber�","PeriodicalId":9345,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of glaciological research","volume":"32 1","pages":"21-31"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5331/BGR.32.21","citationCount":"36","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bulletin of glaciological research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5331/BGR.32.21","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}