Where does the optically detectable aerosol in the European Arctic come from?

• Published in: Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
• Main Authors: Maria Stock, Christoph Ritter, Veijo Aaltonen, Wenche Aas, DõRthe Handorff, Andreas Herber, Renate Treffeisen, Klaus Dethloff
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholm University Press 2014
• Subjects: Arctic haze; photometer; AOD; pollution pathways; EOF analysis; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Arctic; Ny-Ålesund; Sodankylä; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Ny Ålesund; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.21450; https://doaj.org/article/659e81e1889e4e1ba6b0e710c21b06d9

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...