Arctic snow black carbon concentrations, and absorption by other light-absorbing aerosol

These data give estimates of black carbon (BC) mixing ratios from samples of snow or melting sea ice gathered by ourselves or by volunteers, mostly from 2006 to 2009 but with some data from earlier years. Almost all samples were collected in the spring season (March to early May) when the combination of snow cover and exposure to sunlight is maximized, and before the snow had started to melt. In many locations (Canadian Arctic, Russia, Greenland, Tromsø and Ny Ålesund) samples were gathered at intervals throughout the snowpack depth, giving information on the seasonal evolution of BC concentrations as the snow accumulated (and/or sublimated) throughout the winter. In addition to estimated BC mixing ratios, we give maximum possible BC concentration, the absorption Angstrom exponent of all light-absorbing aerosol in the snow, and the fraction of spectrally-integrated, solar-spectrum-weighted absorption by non-BC absorbers.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1998-04-10T00:00:00Z
    End:  2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1998-04-10T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2009-05-06T00:00:00Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 90.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 62.00000
Bounding Box West Long -180.00000
Bounding Box East Long 180.00000
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Documentation #1 : ArcticSnowBC_Dohertyetal2010_VFeb2011_README.pdf
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Author Stephen G. Warren
Sarah Doherty
Thomas C. Grenfell
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2011-11-04T14:03:09
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier 106.340
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-02-07T22:51:47Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::106.340
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Stephen G. Warren, Sarah Doherty, Thomas C. Grenfell. (2011). Arctic snow black carbon concentrations, and absorption by other light-absorbing aerosol. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/106.340. Accessed 16 September 2024.

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