Identifying fire plumes in the Arctic with tropospheric FTIR measurements and transport models

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: C. Viatte, K. Strong, J. Hannigan, E. Nussbaumer, L. K. Emmons, S. Conway, C. Paton-Walsh, J. Hartley, J. Benmergui, J. Lin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Greenland; Eureka; Arctic pollution; Thule
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2227-2015; https://doaj.org/article/b5b32a3163cf41a6bf6ce8086d68cb49

We investigate Arctic tropospheric composition using ground-based Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) solar absorption spectra, recorded at the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL, Eureka, Nunavut, Canada, 80°05' N, 86°42' W) and at Thule (Greenland, 76°53' N, −68°7...