Regional aerosol optical properties and radiative impact of the extreme smoke event in the European Arctic in spring 2006

• Main Authors: Lund Myhre, C., Toledano, C., Myhre, G., Stebel, K., Yttri, K. E., Aaltonen, V., Johnsrud, M., Frioud, M., Cachorro, V., de Frutos, A., Lihavainen, H., Campbell, J. R., Chaikovsky, A. P., Shiobara, M., Welton, E. J., Tørseth, K.
• Other Authors: Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Grupo de Óptica Atmosférica (GOA-UVA), Department of Geosciences Oslo, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Oslo, University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO), Center for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO), University of Oslo (UiO), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), ALOMAR/Andøya Rocket Range, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Prague (CAS), National Institute of Polar Research Tokyo (NiPR), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Arctic; Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Hornsund; Alomar; albedo; Andenes; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00296387; https://hal.science/hal-00296387/document; https://hal.science/hal-00296387/file/acp-7-5899-2007.pdf

International audience In spring 2006 a special meteorological situation occurred in the European Arctic region giving record high levels of air pollution. The synoptic situation resulted in extensive transport of pollution predominantly from agricultural fires in Eastern Europe into the Arctic regi...