Processes controlling the composition and abundance of Arctic aerosol

MD Willis, WR Leaitch, JPD Abbatt - Reviews of Geophysics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic region is a harbinger of global change and is warming at a rate higher than the
global average. While Arctic warming is driven by increases in anthropogenic greenhouse …

[HTML][HTML] The arctic summer cloud ocean study (ASCOS): Overview and experimental design

M Tjernström, C Leck, CE Birch… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
The climate in the Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on earth. Poorly understood
feedback processes relating to Arctic clouds and aerosol–cloud interactions contribute to a …

Frequent new particle formation over the high Arctic pack ice by enhanced iodine emissions

A Baccarini, L Karlsson, J Dommen, P Duplessis… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract In the central Arctic Ocean the formation of clouds and their properties are sensitive
to the availability of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). The vapors responsible for new …

Effects of Arctic haze on surface cloud radiative forcing

C Zhao, TJ Garrett - Geophysical Research Letters, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
From 4 years of observations from Barrow, Alaska, it is shown that the cloud radiative impact
on the surface is a net warming effect between October and May and a net cooling in …

Simplified mechanism for new particle formation from methanesulfonic acid, amines, and water via experiments and ab initio calculations

ML Dawson, ME Varner, V Perraud… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Airborne particles affect human health and significantly influence visibility and climate. A
major fraction of these particles result from the reactions of gaseous precursors to generate …

Growth of nucleation mode particles in the summertime Arctic: a case study

MD Willis, J Burkart, JL Thomas… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The summertime Arctic lower troposphere is a relatively pristine background aerosol
environment dominated by nucleation and Aitken mode particles. Understanding the …

Iodine observed in new particle formation events in the Arctic atmosphere during ACCACIA

JD Allan, PI Williams, J Najera… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Accurately accounting for new particle formation (NPF) is crucial to our ability to predict
aerosol number concentrations in many environments and thus cloud properties, which is in …

Dimethyl sulfide control of the clean summertime Arctic aerosol and cloud

WR Leaitch, S Sharma, L Huang, D Toom-Sauntry… - …, 2013 - online.ucpress.edu
One year of aerosol particle observations from Alert, Nunavut shows that new particle
formation (NPF) is common during clean periods of the summertime Arctic associated with …

Increased aerosol concentrations in the High Arctic attributable to changing atmospheric transport patterns

JB Pernov, D Beddows, DC Thomas… - npj Climate and …, 2022 - nature.com
The Arctic environment has changed profoundly in recent decades. Aerosol particles are
involved in numerous feedback mechanisms in the Arctic, eg, aerosol-cloud/radiation …

Contribution of Arctic seabird-colony ammonia to atmospheric particles and cloud-albedo radiative effect

B Croft, GR Wentworth, RV Martin, WR Leaitch… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The Arctic region is vulnerable to climate change and able to affect global climate. The
summertime Arctic atmosphere is pristine and strongly influenced by natural regional …