Continuous CO 2 and CH 4 Observations in the Coastal Arctic Atmosphere of the Western Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia: The First Results from a New Measurement Station in Dikson

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Alexey Panov, Anatoly Prokushkin, Karl Robert Kübler, Mikhail Korets, Anastasiya Urban, Mikhail Bondar, Martin Heimann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: climate; Arctic; Siberia; atmospheric composition; carbon dioxide; methane; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Dikson; permafrost; Taimyr; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12070876; https://doaj.org/article/41ce5672fb3143de995b97958bac491f

Atmospheric observations of sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and methane (CH 4 ) in the pan-Arctic domain are highly sporadic, limiting our understanding of carbon turnover in this climatically sensitive environment and the fate of enormous carbon reservoirs buried in permafrost. Particul...