Arctic Troposphere Carbon Dioxide: Low-Altitude Aircraft Sampling

• Main Authors: Gosink, Thomas A., Kelley, John J.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alaska Fairbanks 1982
• Subjects: Data Analysis; Chalcogenides; Air Pollution; Carbon Oxides; Polar Regions; Carbon Dioxide; Ice; Monitoring; Aerial Monitoring; Tundra; Oxides; Pollution 500200* > Environment; Atmospheric > Chemicals Monitoring & Transport > (-1989); Carbon Compounds; 54 Environmental Sciences; Oxygen Compounds; Arctic Regions; Troposphere; Earth Atmosphere; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/5181746; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1057746/

Data from low altitude (<4500 m) aircraft sampling for CO/sub 2/ in the arctic atmosphere are presented. The data cover the period from late spring to late summer when environmental changes at the tundra and sea ice are most pronounced. Results of the data analysis show the effect of regional sources and sinks for CO/sub 2/ on the lower troposphere. The annual ice and open water zones of the Arctic Ocean covered by the flights transects appear to act as a potential sink for carbon dioxide.