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: 2024
• Subjects: Biomass burning; Levoglucosan; Sugars; Aerosol tracers; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Settore CHIM/01 - Chimica Analitica; Settore CHIM/12 - Chimica dell'Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali; Settore CHIM/06 - Chimica Organica; Settore GEO/12 - Oceanografia e Fisica dell'Atmosfera; Settore CHEM-01/A - Chimica analitica; Settore CHEM-01/B - Chimica dell'ambiente e dei beni culturali; Settore CHEM-05/A - Chimica organica; Settore GEOS-04/C - Oceanografia; meteorologia e climatologia; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; New Zealand; Lyttelton; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10278/5057321; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142073; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653524009664

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 intensity of s...