Study of Chemical and Optical Properties of Biomass Burning Aerosols during Long-Range Transport Events toward the Arctic in Summer 2017

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Tymon Zielinski, Ezio Bolzacchini, Marco Cataldi, Luca Ferrero, Sandra Graßl, Georg Hansen, David Mateos, Mauro Mazzola, Roland Neuber, Paulina Pakszys, Michal Posyniak, Christoph Ritter, Mirko Severi, Piotr Sobolewski, Rita Traversi, Christian Velasco-Merino
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: biomass burning; aerosols; long-range transport; Spitsbergen; climate; wildfires; AOD; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Hornsund; Sodankylä; Svalbard; Andenes
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11010084

Biomass burning related aerosol episodes are becoming a serious threat to the radiative balance of the Arctic region. Since early July 2017 intense wildfires were recorded between August and September in Canada and Greenland, covering an area up to 4674 km2 in size. This paper describes the impact o...