Harmonising Environmental Research and Monitoring of Priority Pollutants and Impurities in the Svalbard Atmosphere

• Main Authors: Koziol, K., Kallenborn, R., Xie, Z., Larose, C., Spolaor, A., Barbaro, E., Kavan, J., Kępski, D., Nikulina, A., Zawierucha, K., Pearce, D., Cockerton, L., Nawrot, A., Pawlak, F., Pakszys, P., Cappelletti, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Gevers M.; David D.; Thakur R.; Hübner C.; Jania J. 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Hornsund; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; Global warming; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://publications.hereon.de/id/51209; https://publications.hzg.de/id/51209; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7406842

Many characteristics of atmospheric air are measured in Svalbard, including levels of chemical pollution, dark dust connected to soot, and living organisms, but most of these studies happen in Ny-Ålesund. Air monitoring was initiated as early as the 1970s, and multiple atmospheric components have be...