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Measurements of Physicochemical Characteristics of Atmospheric Aerosol at Research Station Ice Base Cape Baranov in 2018

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We discuss the results of measurements in the region of Cape Baranov (the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago) of the set of physicochemical characteristics of atmospheric aerosol: aerosol optical depth, aerosol and black carbon concentrations, elemental and ion compositions of aerosol, organic and elemental carbon contents in aerosol, as well as the isotopic composition of carbon in the aerosol and snow samples. It is shown that the average values of most aerosol characteristics, measured in April–June 2018, are a little lower than in the Arctic settlement Barentsburg (Spitsbergen archipelago) and several-fold smaller than in the south of Western Siberia in the same period.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank M. A. Loskutova and D. D. Rize of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute for participation in measurements, as well as S. A. Turchinovich and V. P. Shmargunov for preparing instruments.

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This work was supported by the Complex Program of Basic Research, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences II.1 (projects nos. АААА-F18-118012500294-9, АААА-А18-118012490017-8, АААА-А18-118122190007-8, and АААА-А17-117122190017-8), Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (project RFMEFI61617X0076), and Subprogram 4 “Organization and support of works and scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctica” of State Program of the Russian Federation “Environmental protection” for 2012–2020.

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Sakerin, S.M., Golobokova, L.P., Kabanov, D.M. et al. Measurements of Physicochemical Characteristics of Atmospheric Aerosol at Research Station Ice Base Cape Baranov in 2018. Atmos Ocean Opt 32, 511–520 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856019050130

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