Spatial distribution and variability of boundary layer aerosol particles observed in Ny-Ålesund during late spring in 2018

Harm-Altstädter, Barbara; Bärfuss, Konrad; Bretschneider, Lutz; Schön, Martin; Bange, Jens; Käthner, Ralf; Krejci, Radovan; Mazzola, Mauro; Park, Kihong; Pätzold, Falk; Peuker, Alexander; Traversi, Rita; Wehner, Birgit; Lampert, Astrid

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/ar-1-39-2023

Articles | Volume 1, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/ar-1-39-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/ar-1-39-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 1, issue 1

Research article

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22 Nov 2023

Research article |

| 22 Nov 2023

Spatial distribution and variability of boundary layer aerosol particles observed in Ny-Ålesund during late spring in 2018

Barbara Harm-Altstädter, Konrad Bärfuss, Lutz Bretschneider, Martin Schön, Jens Bange, Ralf Käthner, Radovan Krejci, Mauro Mazzola, Kihong Park, Falk Pätzold, Alexander Peuker, Rita Traversi, Birgit Wehner, and Astrid Lampert

Data sets

Arctic aerosol and atmospheric observations with the unmanned research aircraft ALADINA in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen, April/May 2018 Barbara Harm-Altstädter, Konrad Bärfuss, Lutz Bretschneider, Ralf Käthner, Falk Pätzold, Alexander Peuker, Birgit Wehner, and Astrid Lampert https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947132

Continuous meteorological observations at station Ny-Ålesund (2018-04) Marion Maturilli https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.894667

Continuous meteorological observations at station Ny-Ålesund (2018-05) Marion Maturilli https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.894668

Expanded measurements from station Ny-Ålesund (2018-04) Marion Maturilli https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.892411

Expanded measurements from station Ny-Ålesund (2018-05) Marion Maturilli https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.892413

UAS-based measurement of wind vector, temperature and humidity in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, during April and May 2018 Martin Schön, Kjell zum Berge, Andreas Platis, and Jens Bange https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946961

Short summary

We present observations of aerosol particles and meteorological parameters in the horizontal and vertical distribution measured with uncrewed aerial systems in the Arctic. The field campaign was carried out during the snow melting season, when ultrafine aerosol particles (UFPs) with a size between 3 and 12 nm occurred frequently. A high variability of the measured UFPs was identified in the spatial scale, which was strongly associated with different atmospheric boundary layer properties.