Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018)

• Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
• Main Authors: Kabanov, Dmitry M., Ritter, Christoph, Sakerin, Sergey M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Barentsburg; Ny-Ålesund; Ny Ålesund; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00054225; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00053876/amt-13-5303-2020.pdf; https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/13/5303/2020/amt-13-5303-2020.pdf

In this work, hourly averaged sun photometer data from Barentsburg and Ny-Ålesund, both located on Spitsbergen in the European Arctic, are compared. Our data set comprises the years from 2002 to 2018 with overlapping measurements from both sites during the period from 2011 to 2018. For more turbid p...