Long-term observations of aerosol optical depth and their relation to in-situ aerosol properties in the Svalbard region (LOAD-RIS)

• Main Authors: Hansen, Georg, Kouremeti, Natalia, Gilardoni, Stefania, Stebel, Kerstin, Evangeliou, Nikolaos, Ritter, Christoph, Zielinski, Tymon, Herrero, Sara, Kazadzis, Stelios, Mateos, David, Mazzola, Mauro, Pakszys, Paulina, Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System 2023
• Subjects: Aerosols; Arctic haze; biomass burning; black carbon; optical thickness; Hornsund; Ny Ålesund; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7376140

This is chapter 2 of the State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) report 2022. Aerosols are an important constituent of the atmosphere both influencing the climate system and contributing to increasing pollution of the Arctic. At the same time, their adequate monitoring is a big challenge,...