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Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1773-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1773-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
Research article
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15 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 15 Feb 2016

An exemplary case of a bromine explosion event linked to cyclone development in the Arctic

A.-M. Blechschmidt, A. Richter, J. P. Burrows, L. Kaleschke, K. Strong, N. Theys, M. Weber, X. Zhao, and A. Zien

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A comprehensive case study of a comma-shaped bromine monoxide plume in the Arctic, which was transported by a polar cyclone and was observed by the GOME-2 satellite sensor over several days, is presented. By making combined use of different kinds of satellite data and numerical models, we demonstrate the important role of the frontal weather system in favouring the bromine activation cycle and blowing snow production, which may have acted as a bromine source during the bromine explosion event.
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