Black carbon at a coastal Antarctic station (Syowa Station): seasonal variation and transport processes

• Main Authors: Keiichiro Hara, Kazuo Osada, Masanori Yabuki, Masahiko Hayashi, Takashi Yamanouchi, Masataka Shiobara, Makoto Wada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2010
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Neumayer; Syowa Station; Indian; Amundsen-Scott; Ferraz; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00009575; https://doaj.org/article/1f92f865d0ea450b9334471bd66a394f

Measurement of atmospheric black carbon (BC) was carried out at Syowa Station Antarctica (69゜00′S, 39゜35′E) from February 2004 until January 2007. The BC concentration at Syowa Station ranged from below detection to 176 ng m^<-3>. Higher BC concentrations were observed frequently from April un...