Spatial Distribution of Snow Chemical Load at the Tundra Taiga Transition (Pomeroy & Marsh, July 1995)
This paper examines spatial variation in snow chemical composition and accumulation along a 200-km transect spanning the tundra-taiga transition near Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The study shows that ion loads vary up to 18-fold between mesoscale sites and demonstrate that both local landscape factors (vegetation roughness) and broad-scale influences (blowing snow, proximity to ocean) must be considered to predict snow quantity and chemistry in windswept Arctic environments.
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- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- J. W. Pomeroy, P. Marsh, H. G. Jones, T. D. Davies, National Hydrology Research Institute, Environment Canada, INRS-eau, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
- Locations
- tundra-taiga transition, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, Mackenzie Delta, Arctic Ocean, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Richards Island, Tundra Lakes, Havikpak Creek, Trail Valley Creek, Parsons Lake, Whitefish Pingo, Arctic treeline, boreal forest
- Parameters
- snow chemistry, snow water equivalent, ion concentration, chloride, sulfate, nitrate, major ions, leaf area index, blowing snow, snow sublimation, dry deposition, wet deposition, wind transport, snow accumulation, chemical load, terrain roughness, vegetation density
- Pages
- 14
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