Research project

Aerosol and Cloud properties in the Arctic

Zeppelin Observatory, Ny Ålesund, Svalbard

At Zeppelin Observatory (78°54’29”N 11°52’53”E, 475 m.a.s.l.) we study aerosol and cloud properties to understand their life cycle, interactions and influence of both, natural and anthropogenic sources on the Arctic troposphere and rapidly changing climate in this highly sensitive region. Our observations of aerosol size distribution, light scattering and absorption represent one of the longest time series from the Arctic available.

Visiting addresses:

Geovetenskapens Hus,
Svante Arrhenius väg 8, Stockholm

Arrheniuslaboratoriet, Svante Arrhenius väg 16, Stockholm (Unit for Toxicological Chemistry)

Mailing address:
Department of Environmental Science
Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm

Press enquiries should be directed to:

Stella Papadopoulou
Science Communicator
Phone +46 (0)8 674 70 11
stella.papadopoulou@aces.su.se

Project start: 1990

Funded by

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket)
Swedish Research Council (Vetenskaprådet)
FORMAS
KWA

Zeppelin Observatory

Aerosol particles, clouds and climate

Atmospheric composition and aerosol life cycle

Northern latitude biogeochemical cycles and climate interactions

Project Members

Radovan Krejci

Hans-Christen Hansson

Peter Tunved

Johan Ström

Paul Zieger

Claudia Mohr

Linn Karlsson

Ilona Riipinen

Tabea Hennig

Ondrej Tesar

Birgitta Noone

Kai Rosman

Publications

Arctic sea ice melt leads to atmospheric new particle formation.

Dall'Osto, M.; Beddows, DCS.; Tunved, P.; Krejci, R.; Strom, J.; Hansson, HC.; Yoon, YJ.; Park, KT.; Becagli, S.; Udisti, R.; Onasch, T.; O'Dowd, CD.; Simo, R.; Harrison, RM.

2017 | Sci Rep | 10

A global model study of processes controlling aerosol size distributions in the Arctic spring and summer

Korhonen, H; Carslaw, KS; Spracklen, DV; Ridley, DA; Ström, J;

2008 | J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos. | 113 (D8)

AMAP Assessment 2002: Hevy metals in the Arctic – 4. Spatial patterns

Ford, J.; Borg, H.; Dam, M.; Riget, F.

2005 | AMAP (42-83) | ISBN: 82-7971-018-3

Arctic Study of Tropospheric Aerosol and Radiation (ASTAR) 2000: Arctic haze case study

Yamanouchi, T.; Treffeisen, R.; Hereber, A.; Shiobara, M.; Yamagata, S.; Hara, K.; Sato, K.; Yabuki, M.; Tomikawa, Y.; Rinke, A.; Neuber, R.; Schumachter, R.; Kriews, M.; Ström, J.; Schrems, O.; Gernandt, H.

2005 | Tellus | 57B (141-152)

Amplification of Arctic warming by past air pollution reductions in Europe

Acosta Navarro, J.; Varma, V.; Riipinen, I.; Seland, Ø.; Kirkevåg, A.; Struthers, H.; Iversen, T.; Hansson, H.-C.; Ekman, A. M. L.

2016 | Nat. Geosci. | 9 (277-281)

Arctic aerosol life cycle: linking aerosol size distributions observed between 2000 and 2010 with air mass transport and precipitation at Zeppelin station, Ny-Alesund, Svalbard

Tunved, P.; Ström, J.; Krejci, R.

2013 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 13 (7) (3643-3660)

Arctic smoke – aerosol characteristics during a record smoke event in the European Arctic and its radiative impact

Treffeisen, R; Tunved, P; Ström, J; Herber, A; Bareiss, J; Helbig, A; Stone, RS; Hoyningen-Huene, W; Krejci, R; Stohl, A; Neuber, R

2007 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 7 (11) (3035-3053)

Arctic smoke – record high air pollution levels in the European Arctic due to agricultural fires in Eastern Europe in spring 2006

Stohl, A; Berg, T; Burkhart, JF; Fjaeraa, AM; Forster, C; Herber, A; Hov, O; Lunder, C; McMillan, WW; Oltmans, S; Shiobara, M; Simpson, D; Solberg, S; Stebel, K; Ström, J; Torseth, K; Treffeisen, R; Virkkunen, K; Yttri, KE

2007 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 7 (511-534)

Changes in aerosol properties during spring-summer period in the Arctic troposphere

Engvall, AC; Krejci, R; Ström, J; Treffeisen, R; Scheele, R; Hermansen, O; Paatero, J

2008 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 8 (3) (445-462)

Chemical properties of Arctic aerosol particles collected at the Zeppelin station during the aerosol transition period in May and June of 2004

Behrenfeldt, U; Krejci, R; Ström, J; Stohl, A

2008 | 60 (3) (405-415)

Comparison between summertime and wintertime Arctic Ocean primary marine aerosol properties

Zabori, J.; Krejci, R.; Ström, J.; Vaattovaara, P.; Ekman, A.M.L.; Salter, M.; Mårtensson, E.M.; Nilsson, E.D.

2013 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 13 (4783-4799)

Effects of relative humidity on aerosol light scattering in the Arctic

Zieger, P; Fierz-Schmidhauser, R; Gysel, M; Strom, J; Henne, S; Yttri, KE; Baltensperger, U; Weingartner, E

2010 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 10 (8) (3875-3890)

Humidity observations in the Arctic troposphere over Ny-Alesund, Svalbard based on 15 years of radiosonde data

Treffeisen, R; Krejci, R; Ström, J; Engvall, AC; Herber, A; Thomason, L

2007 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 7 (10) (2721-2732)

Hygroscopic growth and cloud forming potential of Arctic aerosol based on observed chemical and physical characteristics (a 1 year study 2007-2008)

Silvergren, S.; Wideqvist, U.; Ström, J.; Sjögren, S.; Svenningsson, B.

2014 | J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos. | 119 (14080)

In-situ airborne observations of the microphysical properties of the Arctic tropospheric aerosol during late spring and summer

Engvall, AC; Krejci, R; Ström, J; Minikin, A; Treffeisen, R; Stohl, A; Herber, A

2008 | 60 (3) (392-404)

Interpretation of Arctic aerosol properties using cluster analysis applied to observations in the Svalbard area

Treffeisen, R; Herber, A; Ström, J; Shiobara, M; Yamagata, TY; Holmen, K; Kriews, M; Schrems, O

2004 | 56 (5) (457-476)

Long-term trends of black carbon and sulphate aerosol in the Arctic: changes in atmospheric transport and source region emissions

Hirdman, D; Burkhart, JF; Sodemann, H; Eckhardt, S; Jefferson, A; Quinn, PK; Sharma, S; Ström, J; Stohl, A

2010 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 10 (19) (9351-9368)

Mixing State of Size-Selected Submicrometer Particles in the Arctic in May and September 2012

Park, K.; Kim, G.; Kim, J.S.; Yoon, Y.J.; Cho, H.J.; Ström, J.

2014 | Environ. Sci. Technol. | 48

Modeling Aerosol Water Uptake in The Arctic Based on The kappa-Kohler Theory

Rastak, N; Ekman, A; Silvergren, S; Zieger, P; Wideqvist, U; Strom, J; Svenningsson, B; Tunved, P; Riipinen, I

2013 | NUCLEATION AND ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS | 1527 (702-705)

Multielemental composition and sources of the high arctic atmospheric aerosol during summer and autumn

Maenhaut, W.; Ducastel, G.; Leck, C.; Nilsson, E. D.; Heintzenberg, J.

1996 | J. Geophys. Res. | 48B (300-321)

On small particles in the Arctic summer boundary layer: observations at two different heights near Ny-Alesund, Svalbard

Ström, J; Engvall, AC; Delbart, F; Krejci, R; Treffeisen, R

2009 | Tellus | 61 (2) (473-482)

Organosulfates and organic acids in Arctic aerosols: Speciation, annual variation and concentration levels

Hansen, A.M.K.; Kristensen, K.; Nguyen, Q.T.; Zare, A.; Cozzi, F.; Nojgaard, J.K.; Skov, H.; Brandt, J.; Christensen, J.H.; Ström, J.; Tunved, P.; Krejci, R.; Glasius M.

2014 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 14 (15) (7807-7823)

Pan-Arctic aerosol number size distributions: seasonality and transport patterns

Freud, E; Krejci, R; Tunved, P; Leaitch, R; Nguyen, QT; Massling, A; Skov, H; Barrie, L

2017 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 17 (13) (8101-8128)

Pan-Arctic enhancements of light absorbing aerosol concentrations due to North American boreal forest fires during summer 2004

Stohl, A.; Andrews, E.; Burkhart, J.F.; Forster, C.; Herber, A.; Hoch, S.W.; Kowal, D.; Lunder, C.; Meord, T.; Ogren, J.A.; Sharma, S.; Spichtinger, N.; Stebel, K.; Stone, K.; Ström, J.; Torseth, K.; Wehrli, C.; Yttr, K.E.

2006 | J. Geophys. Res. | 111

Quantifying black carbon from biomass burning by means of levoglucosan – a one-year time series at the Arctic observatory Zeppelin

Yttri, K. E.; Myhre, C. L. ; Eckhardt, S.; Fiebig, M.; Dye, C.; Hirdman, D.; Ström, J.; Klimont, Z.; Stohl, A

2014 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 14 (6427-6442)

Reconciling aerosol light extinction measurements from spaceborne lidar observations and in situ measurements in the Arctic

Tesche, M.; Zieger, P.; Rastak, N.; Charlson, R. J.; Glantz, P.; Tunved, P.; Hansson, H.-C

2014 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 14 (7869-7882)

Size-resolved cloud condensation nuclei concentration measurements in the Arctic: two case studies from the summer of 2008

| Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 15 (13803-13817)

THE CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION OF ARCTIC HAZE AT NY-ALESUND, SPITSBERGEN

HEINTZENBERG, J; HANSSON, HC; LANNEFORS, H

1981 | Tellus | 33 (2) (162-171)

The radiative effect of an aged, internally mixed Arctic aerosol originating from lower-latitude biomass burning

Engvall, AC; Ström, J; Tunved, P; Krejci, R; Schlager, H; Minikin, A

2009 | 61 (4) (677-684)

The sources of atmospheric black carbon at a European gateway to the Arctic

P. Winiger; A. Andersson; S. Eckhardt; A. Stohl; Ö. Gustafsson

2016 | Nat. Commun. | 7

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Wintertime Arctic Ocean sea water properties and primary marine aerosol concentrations

Zábori, J.; Krejci, R.; Ekman A.M.L.; Mårtensson, E.M.; Ström, J.; de Leeuw, G.; Nilsson, E.D.

2012 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 12 (10405-10421)

A new aerosol wet removal scheme for the Lagrangian particle model FLEXPART v10

Grythe, H.; Kristiansen, N.; Zwaaftink, CDG.; Eckhardt, S.; Strom, J.; Tunved, P.; Krejci, R.; Stohl, A.

2017 | Geosci. Model Dev. | 10 (1447-1466)

Multi-seasonal ultrafine aerosol particle number concentration measurements at the Gruvebadet observatory, Ny-lesund, Svalbard Islands

Lupi, A; Busetto, M; Becagli, S; Giardi, F; Lanconelli, C; Mazzola, M; Udisti, R; Hansson, HC; Henning, T; Petkov, B; Strom, J; Krejci, R; Tunved, P; Viola, AP; Vitale, V

2016 | Rend. Lincei.-Sci. Fis. Nat. | 27 (59-71)

Seawater mesocosm experiments in the Arctic uncover differential transfer of marine bacteria to aerosols

Fahlgren, C.; Gomez-Consarnau, L.; Zabori, J.; Lindh, MV.; Krejci, R.; Martensson, EM.; Nilsson, D.; Pinhassi, J.

2015 | Environ. Microbiol. | 7 (3) (460-470)

Particle formation in the Arctic free troposphere during the ASTAR 2004 campaign: a case study on the influence of vertical motion on the binary homogeneous nucleation of H(2)SO(4)/H(2)O

Khosrawi, F; Ström, J; Minikin, A; Krejci, R

2010 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 10 (3) (1105-1120)

The relationship between cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentration and light extinction of dried particles: indications of underlying aerosol processes and implications for satellite-based CCN estimates

Shinozuka, Y.; Clarke, AD.; Nenes, A.; Jefferson, A.; Wood, R.; McNaughton, CS.; Ström, J.; Tunved, P., Redemann, J.; Thornhill, KL.; Moore, RH.; Lathem, TL.; Lin, JJ.; Young, YJ.

2015 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 15 (7585-7604)

Seasonal variation of aerosol water uptake and its impact on the direct radiative effect at Ny-Alesund, Svalbard

Rastak, N; Silvergren, S; Zieger, P; Wideqvist, U; Strom, J; Svenningsson, B; Maturilli, M; Tesche, M; Ekman, AML; Tunved, P; Riipinen, I

2014 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 14 (14) (7445-7460)

Primary versus secondary contributions to particle number concentrations in the European boundary layer

Reddington, CL; Carslaw, KS; Spracklen, DV; Frontoso, MG; Collins, L; Merikanto, J; Minikin, A; Hamburger, T; Coe, H; Kulmala, M; Aalto, P; Flentje, H; Plass-Duelmer, C; Birmili, W; Wiedensohler, A; Wehner, B; Tuch, T; Sonntag, A; O'Dowd, CD; Jennings, SG; Dupuy, R; Baltensperger, U; Weingartner, E; Hansson, HC; Tunved, P; Laj, P; Sellegri, K; Boulon, J; Putaud, JP; Gruening, C; Swietlicki, E; Roldin, P; Henzing, JS; Moerman, M; Mihalopoulos, N; Kouvarakis, G; Zdimal, V; Zikova, N; Marinoni, A; Bonasoni, P; Duchi, R

2011 | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 11 (23) (12007-12036)

Inclined Lidar observations of boundary layer aerosol particles above the Kongsfjord, Svalbard

Lampert, A.; Ström, J.; Ritter, Cr.; Neuber, R.; Jun Yoon, Y.; Chae, N.Y.; Shiobara, M.

2012 | Acta Geophys.

Chemical composition and sources of aerosol particles at Zeppelin Mountain (Ny Ålesund, Svalbard): An electron microscopy study

Weinbruch S.; Wiesemann, D.; a, Ebert E.; Schütze K.; Kallenborn R.; Ström, J.

2012 | Atmos Environ | 49 (142-150)

Measurements of black carbon aerosol washout ratio on Svalbard

Hegg, DA; Clarke, AD; Doherty, SJ; Ström, J

2011 | Tellus B Chem Phys Meteorol | 63 (5) (891-900)

20 years climatology of NO3- and NH4+ wet deposition at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

Kühnel, R.; Roberts, T. J.; Björkman, M.P.; Isaksson, E.; Aas, W.; Holmén, K.; Ström, J.

2011 | Adv. Meteorol.

External Partners

Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)
Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
National Institute for Polar Research (NIPR)
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), CNR, Italy
Uni. Bologna, Italy
Uni. Helsinki, Finland