Vol. 33, issue 05, article # 5

Abstract:

In summer 2018 along the route of 71th cruise of RV “Akademik Mstislav Keldysh” in the North Atlantic, we carried out measurements of atmospheric aerosol characteristics, in particular, aerosol optical depth, near-surface aerosol and black carbon concentrations, contents of chemical elements in aerosol samples and organic and elemental carbon, and isotopic composition of carbon. It is shown that the average values of most aerosol characteristics several-fold decrease during transit from the Baltic Sea to the North Atlantic (57–60°N) and then to the Norwegian Sea. For instance, the average black carbon concentration decreased from 83 to 29 ng/m³. Episodic impact of continental aerosol was noted even in remote regions of ocean. Outflow of smokes from forest fires in the north of Canada to the region of measurements (southward of Greenland) exerted the strongest effect on all aerosol characteristics. The average concentrations of chemical elements in aerosol composition over the North Atlantic were several times larger than in the Arctic region and smaller than in the background region of Siberia.

Keywords:

atmosphere of the North Atlantic, aerosol and black carbon, the content of organic and elemental carbon, chemical and isotopic composition

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