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For the past 51 years nitrate deposition in snow and firn layers at the South Pole exhibits a significant linear relationship with sunspot numbers and the ‘aa’ index of geomagnetic activity. Currently known atmospheric processes may explain these results. A high resolution nitrate record from deep ice cores could be valuable for both Sun and climate studies.
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Laird et al. (1982) studied this question.
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