Investigating the Presence of Biomass Burning Events at Ny-Ålesund: Optical and Chemical Insights from Summer-Fall 2019

• Published in: Atmospheric Environment
• Main Authors: Pulimeno, Simone, Bruschi, Federica, Feltracco, Matteo, Mazzola, Mauro, Gilardoni, Stefania, Crocchianti, Stefano, Cappelletti, David, Gambaro, Andrea, Barbaro, Elena
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; North Pole; Lesund
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11391/1569474; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120336; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231024000116

Summer 2019 is remembered as one of the most intense biomass burning (BB) seasons on record for the Northern Hemisphere. During the MOSAiC expedition, a smoke-dominated layer was identified in the upper troposphere over the North Pole region. The origin of this layer remains unclear, and no evidence...