Organic contaminant data from sediment samples, Ny-Ålesund 2022

• Main Authors: Angelopoulos, Michael, Lodi, Rachele, Hammar, Jennika, Boike, Julia
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2024
• Subjects: AWIPEV; BAY02; BAY03; BAY04; BAY05; BAY07; Bayelva LTO AWIPEV; Comment; contaminants; CTD; DATE/TIME; DEPTH; sediment/rock; Dichlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls; per unit sediment mass; Event label; Grain Size; Heptachlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls; Hexachlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls; Ice content; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Monochlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls; NO-Land_2022_Bayelva; Ny-Ålesund; organic carbon; Pentachlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sample ID; sediment; SOILS; Soil sample; STU01; STU02; STU03; STU06; Sum 2,3,4-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sum 5,6-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sum nona- and octachlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls; Sum polychlorinated biphenyls and hexachlorobenzene; Svalbard; Tetrachlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls; Arctic; Bayelva; Nona; Climate change; Ice; Ny Ålesund; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.969568

In August and September 2022, a sediment sampling and site investigation program was conducted near Ny-Ålesund on Svalbard. With the Bayelva Observatory monitoring permafrost temperatures for over 25 years, the AWIPEV research station serves as an ideal hub for studying the effects of climate change on permafrost degradation. The samples were collected to quantify the presence of organic contaminants in the sediment. These data provide a baseline for modeling organic contaminant distribution in the active layer and the top of the permafrost near Ny-Ålesund, allowing for comparison with other Arctic areas. This data package contains organic contaminant data for 35 samples