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First measurements of H2O2 at a coastal Antarctic station (Georg von Neumayer) during summer 89/90 indicated mean gas phase concentrations of 0.4 ppbv. Concentration variations of gaseous H2O2 were not significantly related to a diurnal pattern, but to evaporation and recrystallisation processes of H2O2 in snow and hoarfrost. H2O2 concentrations in snow — ranging from 90 to 480 ppbw — decreased after deposition, and no distinct seasonal structure could be found in pit studies and firn core analyses down to 12 m depth.
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Dedicated to Professor Dr. V. Krivan on the occasion of his 60th birthday
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Jacob, P., Klockow, D. Measurements of hydrogen peroxide in Antarctic ambient air, snow and firn cores. Fresenius J Anal Chem 346, 429–434 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00325856
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