Data set of anthropogenic contaminants in snow from polar regions (Ny-Alesund and Dome C)

• Main Authors: Andrea, Spolaor, Marco, Vecchiato, Alice, Callegaro, Niccolo, Maffezzoli, Cairns Warren, R.L., Carlo, Barbante
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: anthropogenic contaminants; snow; Svalbard; Antarctica; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Norway; Antarc*; black carbon; glacier
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5254571; https://zenodo.org/record/5254571

The produced dataset (in MS Excel format) contains concentrations of mercury, trace elements and organic contaminants in snow samples collected in the Ny-Alesund area (Svalbard - Norway) (78.917° N 11.933° E) and from the Antarctic Plateau, Dome C (75.103°S, 123.35°E). The Arctic sampling sites are reported in figure 1. The concentrations for trace elements and mercury are in ngg -1 while for the organic contaminants they are reported in ngL -1 . The inorganic contaminants dataset reports concentration of Hg, Trace elements and Black Carbon in Arctic and Antarctic site. The Arctic sites are subdivided in annual snow pack on the glacier and surface snow sampling close to the Gruvebadet Aerosol Laboratory. In Antarctica mercury concentrations in surface snow are also reported. The organic contaminants dataset reports the concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface snow samples collected close to the Gruvebadet Aerosol Laboratory (78.91622°N 11.89536°E, Ny Alesund, Norway). Samplings were performed from 04/10/2018 to 13/05/2019, obtaining a total of 35 samples, encompassing the entire winter season with an approximatively weekly resolution. Total PAH (sum of naphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo( a )anthracene, chrysene, benzo( b )fluoranthene, benzo( k ) fluoranthene, benzo( a )pyrene, benzo( ghi )perylene, indeno( 1,2,3-c,d )pyrene and dibenzo( a,h )anthracene) concentrations range from 0.8 to 37 ng L -1 . Individual PAHs were mean blank corrected and average percentage abundances in the samples are reported in the dataset. : {"references": ["Pet\u00e4j\u00e4, T., et al., Overview: Integrative and Comprehensive Understanding on Polar Environments (iCUPE) \u2013 concept and initial results. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2020. 20(14): p. 8551-8592.", "Bert\u00f2, M., et al., Variability in black carbon mass concentration in surface snow at Svalbard. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2021. 21(16): p. 12479-12493.", "Cairns, W.R.L., et al., Mercury in precipitated and surface snow at Dome C and a first estimate of mercury depositional fluxes during the Austral summer on the high Antarctic plateau. Atmospheric Environment, 2021. 262: p. 118634."]}