Seasonal Snowpacks Processes of Compositional Change

Seasonal Snowpacks examines the processes which control the chemistry of seasonal snowcover and provides detailed information on the biogeographical distribution of snow (e.g. urban, alpine snowpacks), snow composition (e.g. micropollutants, stable isotopes) or the physical and biological processes which influence the chemical changes in snow (e.g. wind, microbiological activity). The fluxes of chemicals at the snow-atmosphere and snow-soil interfaces are examined, as are processes which modify composition within the snowcover. It is the first book in which the reader will find a comprehensive overview of the theoretical concepts, latest measurement techniques, process-oriented research methods, and models of studies in snow chemistry. The linkages between snow chemistry, atmospheric chemistry and hydrology will make this book of use to both research workers and students in the physical and biological sciences and to natural resource management personnel.

Snow formation and processes in the atmosphere that influence its chemical composition.- Dry deposition to snowpacks.- Dry deposition to snowpacks (discussion).- The impact of blowing snow on snow chemistry.- Links between snowpack physics and snowpack chemistry.- Modeling in-pack chemical transformations.- Chemical change in snowpacks (discussion).- Snow chemistry and biological activity: a particular perspective on nutrient cycling.- Snow chemistry and biological activity (discussion).- Snow chemistry and biological activity (discussion).- Controls on the composition of snowmelt.- Chemical composition and fluxes of wet deposition at elevated sites (700–3105 m a. s. l.) in the eastern Alps (Austria).- Chemical composition and fluxes of wet deposition at elevated sites in the eastern Alps (discussion).- Influence of urban areas on the chemistry of regional snowcover.- Influence of urban areas on the chemistry of regional snowcover (discussion).- Organic micropollutants in seasonal snowcover and firn.- Chemistry of snow from high altitude, mid/low latitude glaciers.- Use of snow and firn analysis to reconstruct past atmospheric composition.- Use of snow and firn analysis to reconstruct past atmospheric composition (discussion).- Climatic change and seasonal snowcovers: a review of the factors regulating the chemical evolution of snowcover and a predictive case study for north-eastern North America.- Chemical processes in snow — where should we go? (Review Panel summary).