Regional Aerosol Optical Properties and Radiative Impact of the Extreme Smoke Event in the European Arctic in Spring 2006

• Main Authors: Aaltonen, V., Cachorro, V., Welton, E., Stebel, K., Frioud, M., Lihavainen, H., Campbell, J., Toledano, C., Shiobara, M., Torseth, K., Lund Myhre, C., Yttri, K., deFrutos, A., Myhre, G., Chaikovsky, A., Johnsrud, M.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Environment Pollution; Alomar; Arctic; Hornsund; Svalbard; albedo; Andenes
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20070034889

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 region and record high air-...