Ice in the environment

Ice in the environment, whether in the form of ice particles in clouds or sea ice and snow at the Earth's surface, has a profound influence on atmospheric composition and climate. The interaction of trace atmospheric gases with snow and sea ice surfaces largely controls atmospheric composition in polar regions. The heterogeneous chemistry of ice particles in clouds also plays critical roles in polar stratospheric ozone depletion and in tropospheric chemistry. A quantitative physical understanding of the interactions of snow and ice with trace gases is critical for predicting the effects of climate change on atmospheric composition, for the interpretation of ice core chemical records, and for modeling atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry · Atmospheric sciences · Climatology · Cryosphere · Earth science · Geography · Geomorphology · Ice core · Meteorology · Ozone · Polar · Sea ice · Snow · Trace gas · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols · Atmospheric Ozone and Climate · Environmental Science · Geology