A Nitrate Signal of Solar Flares in Polar Snow and Ice.

Abstract

A 122-meter fire and ice core was collected on the Greenland Ice Sheet in June, 1992, within the framework of the U.S. Greenland Ice Core Science Project 2 (GISP2). The uppermost 12m of the least compacted portion of the core was immediately sampled and analyzed in the field: the remainder was analyzed in the National Ice Core Laboratory in Colorado. We here report on the retrieval, sampling, and analytical methods and provided complete profiles of nitrate concentration and liquid electrical conductivity from the 1992 surface through the year 1577 at a depth of 122 meters. The data series included a total of more than 7776 individual samples that have been analyzed simultaneously for both nitrate concentration and electrical conductivity. jg

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1994
Accession Number
ADA293483

Entities

People

  • Edward J. Zeller
  • Gisela A. Dreschhoff

Organizations

  • University of Kansas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Charged Particles
  • Chemistry
  • Conductivity
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Glaciers
  • High Latitudes
  • High Resolution
  • Ionization
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Polar Regions
  • Solar Activity
  • Solar Flares

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.