Arctic smoke ? aerosol characteristics during a record smoke event in the European Arctic and its radiative impact

• Main Authors: Treffeisen, R., Tunved, P., Ström, J., Herber, A., Bareiss, J., Helbig, A., Stone, R. S., Hoyningen-Huene, W., Krejci, R., Stohl, A., Neuber, R.
• Other Authors: Department of Bentho-pelagic processes, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung = Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research = Institut Alfred-Wegener pour la recherche polaire et marine (AWI), Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association-Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association, Department of Applied Environmental Science Stockholm (ITM), Stockholm University, Trier University, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder -National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Institute of Environmental Physics Bremen (IUP), University of Bremen, Department of Meteorology Stockholm (MISU), Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Aitken; Arctic; Ny-Ålesund; Ny Ålesund; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00296252; https://hal.science/hal-00296252/document; https://hal.science/hal-00296252/file/acp-7-3035-2007.pdf

International audience In early May 2006 a record high air pollution event was observed at Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen. An atypical weather pattern established a pathway for the rapid transport of biomass burning aerosols from agricultural fires in Eastern Europe to the Arctic. Atmospheric stability was...