@article { ISI:A1993KH68800012,
	title = {WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC-CONSTITUENTS IN ARCTIC AEROSOLS AND SNOW PACK},
	journal = {GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS},
	volume = {20},
	number = {1},
	year = {1993},
	month = {JAN 8},
	pages = {45-48},
	abstract = {Eight water-soluble organic anions were measured in 70 aerosol samples and 10 snow samples at Barrow, Alaska in March-April, 1989. The ranking of the ions in aerosols according to total (coarse+fine aerosol) median concentrations was acetate (44 ng m-3), oxalate (27), benzoate (23), formate (22), propionate (6), methanesulfonate (5), lactate (4), and pyruvate (4). When added up, the median organic anion mass was 156 ng m-3. The organic anions/nssSO4= mass ratio had a median of 0.18 and 0.07 in the coarse (\&gt;l mum) and fine (\&lt;1 mum) size fractions, respectively, but can be very high on occasions. On average, the organic anions made up more than 10\% of the water-soluble aerosol mass. A similar ranking in concentration was also found for the organic ions in the snow pack samples. The organic anion/nssSO4= mass ratio in these samples was \&gt;0.5, substantially higher than in aerosols.},
	issn = {0094-8276},
	doi = {10.1029/92GL02918},
	author = {Li, S. M. and WINCHESTER, JW}
}
