Desert in the snow around Sonnblick Eroded Saharan dust (SD) is episodically transported over thousands of kilometers with synoptic wind patterns towards Europe and reaches Austria several days per year. The SD is removed from the atmosphere via dry
Long-term study at Sonnblick glaciers: explicit reduction of air pollutants in the snowpack A study from ZAMG, TU Wien, University of Graz and IIASA showed a distinct reduction of Sulfate and Nitrate ion deposition in snowpack samples over the last 30 years (1983-2014). The total ion