Where does the optically detectable aerosol in the European Arctic come from?
In this paper, we pose the question where the source regions of the aerosol, which occurs in the European Arctic, are located. Long-term aerosol optical depth (AOD) data from Ny-Ålesund and Sodankylä as well as short-term data from a campaign on a Russian drifting station were analysed by air backtr...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:659e81e1889e4e1ba6b0e710c21b06d9 2023-05-15T14:33:56+02:00 Where does the optically detectable aerosol in the European Arctic come from? Maria Stock Christoph Ritter Veijo Aaltonen Wenche Aas DõRthe Handorff Andreas Herber Renate Treffeisen Klaus Dethloff 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.21450 https://doaj.org/article/659e81e1889e4e1ba6b0e710c21b06d9 EN eng Stockholm University Press http://www.tellusb.net/index.php/tellusb/article/download/21450/pdf_1 https://doaj.org/toc/1600-0889 1600-0889 doi:10.3402/tellusb.v66.21450 https://doaj.org/article/659e81e1889e4e1ba6b0e710c21b06d9 Tellus: Series B, Chemical and Physical Meteorology, Vol 66, Iss 0, Pp 1-16 (2014) Arctic haze photometer AOD pollution pathways EOF analysis Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.21450 2022-12-30T22:23:58Z In this paper, we pose the question where the source regions of the aerosol, which occurs in the European Arctic, are located. Long-term aerosol optical depth (AOD) data from Ny-Ålesund and Sodankylä as well as short-term data from a campaign on a Russian drifting station were analysed by air backtrajectories, analysis of the general circulation pattern and a correlation to chemical composition from in-situ measurements. Surprisingly, our data clearly shows that direct transport of pollutants from Europe does not play an important role. Instead, Arctic haze in Ny-Ålesund has been found for air masses from the Eastern Arctic, while events with increased AOD but chemically more diverse composition have been found for air from Siberia or the central Arctic. Moreover, the AOD in Ny-Ålesund does not depend on the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Hence, either the pollution pathways of aerosol are more complex or aerosol is significantly altered by clouds. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Ny Ålesund Ny-Ålesund Sodankylä Siberia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Ny-Ålesund Sodankylä ENVELOPE(26.600,26.600,67.417,67.417) Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology 66 1 21450 |
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In this paper, we pose the question where the source regions of the aerosol, which occurs in the European Arctic, are located. Long-term aerosol optical depth (AOD) data from Ny-Ålesund and Sodankylä as well as short-term data from a campaign on a Russian drifting station were analysed by air backtrajectories, analysis of the general circulation pattern and a correlation to chemical composition from in-situ measurements. Surprisingly, our data clearly shows that direct transport of pollutants from Europe does not play an important role. Instead, Arctic haze in Ny-Ålesund has been found for air masses from the Eastern Arctic, while events with increased AOD but chemically more diverse composition have been found for air from Siberia or the central Arctic. Moreover, the AOD in Ny-Ålesund does not depend on the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Hence, either the pollution pathways of aerosol are more complex or aerosol is significantly altered by clouds. |
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Maria Stock Christoph Ritter Veijo Aaltonen Wenche Aas DõRthe Handorff Andreas Herber Renate Treffeisen Klaus Dethloff |
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Where does the optically detectable aerosol in the European Arctic come from? |
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Where does the optically detectable aerosol in the European Arctic come from? |
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