The role of the global cryosphere in the fate of organic contaminants
The cryosphere is an important component of global organic contaminant cycles. Snow is an efficient scavenger of atmospheric organic pollutants while a seasonal snowpack, sea ice, glaciers and ice caps are contaminant reservoirs on time scales ranging from days to millennia. Important physical and c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-03-01
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Series: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
Online Access: | http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/3271/2013/acp-13-3271-2013.pdf |