Characterization of pollution in the Arctic troposphere: use of airborne and satellite data as part of the IPY / POLARCAT campaign.

• Main Author: Pommier, Matthieu
• Other Authors: TROPO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, Cathy Clerbaux et Kathy Law([e-mail] [e-mail]), POLARCAT
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: vegetation burning; carbon monoxide; IASI; Arctic; global model; monoxyde de carbone; feux de biomasse; arctique; modèle global; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Inca; Arctique*; Climate change; International Polar Year; IPY
• Online Access: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00587583; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00587583/document; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00587583/file/these_MatthieuPommier.pdf

The Arctic is a region which despite the remoteness and lack of emission sources of pollutants, is one of the most affected by the long-range transport of pollution, which can affect background pollution levels and which influence climate change both regionally and globally. Despite improvements in...