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Dependence of CO 2 , aerosol, and ozone concentrations on wind direction at Barrow, Alaska during winter
Author(s) -
Peterson James T.,
Hanson Kirby J.,
Bodhaine Barry A.,
Oltmans Samuel J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl007i005p00349
Subject(s) - aerosol , environmental science , haze , advection , arctic , atmospheric sciences , ozone , climatology , latitude , observatory , atmosphere (unit) , meteorology , oceanography , geology , geography , physics , geodesy , astrophysics , thermodynamics
Measurements of CO 2 , aerosol scattering, condensation nuclei, and ozone made continuously at the NOAA baseline observatory at Barrow, Alaska, have been analyzed in conjunction with low‐level trajectories of airflow arriving at Barrow during periods from January to March of 1977 and 1978. Ozone concentrations had no dependence on wind direction whereas CO 2 and aerosol values did show directional dependence; higher values occurred with airflow from the Arctic Basin than with that from the south. The aerosol analyses support the hypothesis that Arctic haze results from advection of aerosols to the Arctic from European or North American anthropogenic sources. CO 2 results suggest two possible sources for the higher concentrations: transfer from the ocean through annual sea ice to the Arctic atmosphere or advection from mid‐latitude anthropogenic sources similar to that for the Arctic haze.