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Research article
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13 Aug 2019
Research article |
| 13 Aug 2019
| 13 Aug 2019
Biogenic and anthropogenic sources of aerosols at the High Arctic site Villum Research Station
Ingeborg E. Nielsen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde,
4000, Roskilde, Denmark
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus,
Denmark
Henrik Skov
Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde,
4000, Roskilde, Denmark
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus,
Denmark
Institute of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology and Environmental
Technology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230, Odense, Denmark
Andreas Massling
Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde,
4000, Roskilde, Denmark
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus,
Denmark
Axel C. Eriksson
Division of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box
118, 22100, Lund, Sweden
Division of Nuclear Physics, Lund University, Lund, P.O. Box 118, 22100,
Lund, Sweden
Manuel Dall'Osto
Institute of Marine Sciences, CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la
Barceloneta, 37–49, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
Heikki Junninen
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty
of Science, University of Helsinki, 00140 Helsinki, Finland
Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Ülikooli 18, 50090
Tartu, Estonia
Nina Sarnela
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty
of Science, University of Helsinki, 00140 Helsinki, Finland
Robert Lange
Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde,
4000, Roskilde, Denmark
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus,
Denmark
Sonya Collier
Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California,
Davis, CA 95616, USA
Qi Zhang
Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California,
Davis, CA 95616, USA
Christopher D. Cappa
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Jacob K. Nøjgaard
Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde,
4000, Roskilde, Denmark
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus,
Denmark
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Measurements of the chemical composition of sub-micrometer aerosols were carried out in northern Greenland during the Arctic haze (February–May) where concentrations are high due to favorable conditions for long-range transport. Sulfate was the dominant aerosol (66 %), followed by organic matter (24 %). The highest black carbon concentrations where observed in February. Source apportionment yielded three factors: a primary factor (12 %), an Arctic haze factor (64 %) and a marine factor (22 %).
Measurements of the chemical composition of sub-micrometer aerosols were carried out in northern...
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