Sea ice, frost flowers and halogen activation
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First-year sea-ice contact predicts bromine monoxide (BrO) levels better than potential frost flower contact W. R. Simpson, D. Carlson, G. Hoenninger1,2,†, T. A. Douglas, M. Sturm, D. Perovich, and U. Platt Geophysical Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6160, USA Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, P.O. Box 35170, Fort Wainwright, AK 99703-0170, USA †deceased
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