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  <Reference>Anastasio C. and T. Robles. 2007. Light Absorption by Soluble Chemical Species in Arctic and Antarctic Snow, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112(D24304), doi: 10.1029/2007JD008695.

Robles, A., D. Paige, and C. Anastasio. 2006. Lens-Coupled Liquid Core Waveguide for Ultraviolet-Visible Absorption Spectroscopy, Review of Scientific Instruments, 77(073103), doi: 10.1063/1.2219973.</Reference>
  <Summary>This data set contains light absorption coefficients for soluble chromophores (light-absorbing chemicals) and concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (HOOH) and nitrate (NO3-) in ten snow samples that were collected in 2003 at Dome C, Antarctica.

Data are available via FTP.</Summary>
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  <DIF_Revision_History> Added DOI</DIF_Revision_History>
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