Study of chemical and optical properties of biomass burning aerosols during long-range transport events toward the arctic in Summer 2017

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Zielinski, Tymon, Bolzacchini, Ezio, Cataldi, Marco, Ferrero, Luca, Graßl, Sandra, Hansen, Georg, Mateos Villán, David, Mazzola, Mauro, Neuber, Roland, Pakszys, Paulina, Posyniak, Michal, Ritter, Christoph, Severi, Mirko, Sobolewski, Piotr, Traversi, Rita, Velasco Merino, Cristian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2020
• Subjects: Biomass; Biomasa; Aerosols; Aerosoles; Wildfires; Incendios forestales; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Hornsund; Sodankylä; Svalbard; Andenes
• Online Access: https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/53033; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11010084

Producción Científica Biomass burning related aerosol episodes are becoming a serious threat to the radiative balance of the Arctic region. Since early July 2017 intense wildfires were recorded between August and September in Canada and Greenland, covering an area up to 4674 km2 in size. This paper...