Measurements of aerosol microphysical and chemical properties in the central Arctic atmosphere during MOSAiC

Autor: Benjamin Heutte, Nora Bergner, Ivo Beck, Hélène Angot, Lubna Dada, Lauriane L. J. Quéléver, Tiia Laurila, Matthew Boyer, Zoé Brasseur, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Silvia Henning, Chongai Kuang, Markku Kulmala, Janne Lampilahti, Markus Lampimäki, Tuukka Petäjä, Matthew D. Shupe, Mikko Sipilä, Janek Uin, Tuija Jokinen, Julia Schmale
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Scientific Data, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2052-4463
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02586-1
Popis: Abstract The Arctic environment is transforming rapidly due to climate change. Aerosols’ abundance and physicochemical characteristics play a crucial, yet uncertain, role in these changes due to their influence on the surface energy budget through direct interaction with solar radiation and indirectly via cloud formation. Importantly, Arctic aerosol properties are also changing in response to climate change. Despite their importance, year-round measurements of their characteristics are sparse in the Arctic and often confined to lower latitudes at Arctic land-based stations and/or short high-latitude summertime campaigns. Here, we present unique aerosol microphysics and chemical composition datasets collected during the year-long Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition, in the central Arctic. These datasets, which include aerosol particle number concentrations, size distributions, cloud condensation nuclei concentrations, fluorescent aerosol concentrations and properties, and aerosol bulk chemical composition (black carbon, sulfate, nitrate, ammonium, chloride, and organics) will serve to improve our understanding of high-Arctic aerosol processes, with relevance towards improved modelling of the future Arctic (and global) climate.
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