Local Emissions and Regional Wildfires Influence Refractory Black Carbon Observations Near Palmer Station, Antarctica

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Alia L. Khan, Andrew G. Klein, Joseph M. Katich, Peng Xian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: black carbon; snow; Antarctica; local impact; wildfires and biomass burning; fossil fuel emissions; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; McMurdo Dry Valleys; South Pole; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Anvers; Anvers Island; Biscoe; Biscoe Point; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00049; https://doaj.org/article/4f73eb69d1b0431bb23db8b1fc084183

Antarctica is often regarded as the most pristine continent on Earth. However, local human activity can be significant point sources of production of contaminants, as well as light absorbing aerosols, such as black carbon (BC). In May 2015, over the Austral fall season (at the beginning of the accum...