Seasonal Evolution of the Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Aerosol in Terra Nova Bay (Antarctica)

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Flavio Vagnoni, Silvia Illuminati, Anna Annibaldi, Francesco Memmola, Giada Giglione, Anna Maria Falgiani, Federico Girolametti, Matteo Fanelli, Giuseppe Scarponi, Cristina Truzzi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: sequential extraction procedure; metals; Antarctic aerosol; seasonal evolution; enrichment factors; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; Mario Zucchelli; Mario Zucchelli Station; Faraglione; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12081030; https://doaj.org/article/0bb2a0d9abce427da11fbe49782110fd

Atmospheric aerosol samples were collected at Faraglione Camp, 3 km away from the Italian Mario Zucchelli Station (Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea), from 1 December 2013 to 2 February 2014. A two-step extraction procedure was applied to characterize the soluble and insoluble components of PM 10 -bound meta...