Optika Atmosfery i Okeana Journal

Vol. 13, issue 06-07, article # 1

Shevchenko V. P., Lisitsin A. P., Vinogradova A. A., Smirnov V. V., Serova V. V., Stein R. Arctic aerosols. Results of ten-year investigations. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 2000. V. 13. No. 06-07. P. 510-533. PDF
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Abstract:

The results of investigations of above-water aerosols over seas of the Russian Arctic, Central Arctic, and in the North Pole region are presented. The investigations were conducted during 10 research missions for the period from 1991 to 1998. The mineral and chemical composition of aerosols, their particle size distribution, transport ways of the aeolian material, and the degree of anthropogenic pollution of the arctic atmosphere were studied. A particular attention was paid to estimation of horizontal and vertical flows of various components. The studies were conducted simultaneously by several methods: netting particles with nylon nets of large (10 m²) area, air filtering through the Whatman-41 and AFA-KhA filters, and counting particles with photoelectric counters.