Tritium in precipitation of Vostok (Antarctica): conclusions on the tritium latitude effect

Abstract

During the Antarctic summer of 1985 near the Soviet Antarctic station Vostok, firn samples for tritium measurements were obtained down to a depth of 2.40 m. The results of the tritium measurements are presented and discussed. Based on this and other data, conclusions regarding the tritium latitude effect are derived.

Keywords:

• Antarctica
• atmospheric precipitation
• global aspects
• tritium

Acknowledgements

The author is indebted to the members of the GDR group in the 31st Soviet Antarctic Expedition engaged in taking the firn samples and especially to Dr U. Leiterer from the Meteorological Service of the GDR. Special thanks are due to Prof. Dr K. Fröhlich, Director of the Department of Physics of the Mining Academy, for his interest in and scientific support of this work.

Notes

Dedicated to Prof. Dr K. Fröhlich, Director of the Department of Physics, on the occasion of his 50th birthday; originally published in Zfl-Mitteilungen 143, 15 (1988).