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

• Main Authors: Treffeisen, R., Turnved, P., Ström, J., Herber, A., Bareiss, J., Helbig, A., Stone, R. S., Hoyningen-Huene, W., Krejci, R., Stohl, A., Neuber, R.
• Other Authors: Alfred Wegner Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 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), Institut für Umweltphysik Bremen (IUP), Universität 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-00302588; https://hal.science/hal-00302588/document; https://hal.science/hal-00302588/file/acpd-7-2275-2007.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...