Summertime observations of elevated levels of ultrafine particles in the high Arctic marine boundary layer

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: J. Burkart, M. D. Willis, H. Bozem, J. L. Thomas, K. Law, P. Hoor, A. A. Aliabadi, F. Köllner, J. Schneider, A. Herber, J. P. D. Abbatt, W. R. Leaitch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Arctic; Nunavut; Resolute Bay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5515-2017; https://doaj.org/article/3fb6371fea21460aa94639a293c96b06

Motivated by increasing levels of open ocean in the Arctic summer and the lack of prior altitude-resolved studies, extensive aerosol measurements were made during 11 flights of the NETCARE July 2014 airborne campaign from Resolute Bay, Nunavut. Flights included vertical profiles (60 to 3000 m above...