Australian Black summer smoke signal on Antarctic aerosol collected between New Zealand and the Ross sea.

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: Scalabrin, Elisa, Barbaro, Elena, Pizzini, Sarah, Radaelli, Marta, Feltracco, Matteo, Piazza, Rossano, Gambaro, Andrea, Capodaglio, Gabriele
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science 2024
• Subjects: Aerosol tracers; Biomass burning; Levoglucosan; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sugars; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; New Zealand; Lyttelton; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142073; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38641289

Open biomass burning (BB) events are a well-known primary aerosol source, resulting in the emission of significant amount of gaseous and particulate matter and affecting Earth's radiation budget. The 2019-2020 summer, known as "Australian Black Summer", showed exceptional duration and...