Composition of aerosol in airborne particulate matter and snow at Alert, Canada 2014-2015

• Main Authors: Blanca Rodriguez, Lin Huang, Guaciara Santos, Wendy Zhang, Vincent Vetro, Xiaomei Xu, Saewung Kim, Claudia Czimczik
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2020
• Subjects: CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS; BIOMASS BURNING; FOSSIL FUEL BURNING; Canada; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A29W09052

Carbonaceous aerosols are a major component of fine airborne particulate matter (PM) and play a complex role in the climate system, via their role in light scattering and absorption, cloud nucleation, and the melting of ice- and snow-covered surfaces, and in air pollution and human health. They are...