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Characteristics of snowpack chemistry on the coastal region in the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet facing the North Water
Yutaka Kurosaki
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Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0819, Japan
Sumito Matoba
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Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0819, Japan
Mai Matsumoto
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0819, Japan
Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
Tetsuhide Yamasaki
Avangnaq, Takatsuki 596-0094, Japan
Ilannguaq Hendriksen
Siorapaluk, Avannaata Kommune, Greenland
Yoshinori Iizuka
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0819, Japan
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Short summary
We conducted snow observations on the coastal region in the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet close to the North Water. The snowpack on the coastal region in the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet contained aerosols originated from ocean biological activity and frost flowers in the North Water. The chemical substances in an ice core from the coastal region in the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet could help explain past changes in ocean biological and sea ice conditions in the North Water.
We conducted snow observations on the coastal region in the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet...
