Air quality monitoring in communities of the Canadian Arctic during the high shipping season with a focus on local and marine pollution

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Aliabadi, A. A., Staebler, R. M., Sharma, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Cape Dorset; Nunavut; black carbon; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2651-2015; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00044499; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00044119/acp-15-2651-2015.pdf; https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/15/2651/2015/acp-15-2651-2015.pdf

The Canadian Arctic has experienced decreasing sea ice extent and increasing shipping activity in recent decades. While there are economic incentives to develop resources in the north, there are environmental concerns that increasing marine traffic will contribute to declining air quality in norther...