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Air Pollution by Black Carbon in the Region of Wrangel Island: Comparison of Eurasian and American Sources and Their Contributions

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We analyzed the long-range atmospheric transport of black carbon (BC) in the region of Wrangel Island from June to August of 2015–2017. Trajectories of air mass motion were calculated using the HYSPLIT model available from http://www.ready.arl.noaa.gov. We used a simplified model of BC transport in the atmosphere based on the spatial distribution of the function of sensitivity to pollutant emissions. The information on the spatial locations of sources (anthropogenic genesis and wildfires) of BC emission to the atmosphere was taken from http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/overview.php?v=431 and http://www.globalfiredata.org, respectively. We compared the strengths, spatial locations, and interannual variations in BC emissions to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources and wildfires during summer in the northeast of Eurasia and the northwest of North America.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant no. 18-05-60 183).

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Vinogradova, A.A., Vasileva, A.V. & Ivanova, Y.A. Air Pollution by Black Carbon in the Region of Wrangel Island: Comparison of Eurasian and American Sources and Their Contributions. Atmos Ocean Opt 34, 97–103 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856021020111

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