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

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

SUBMITTER: Heutte B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10567811 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature