Publications

POLARCAT (Polar Study using Aircraft, Remote Sensing, Surface Measurements and Models, of Climate, Chemistry, Aerosols, and Transport) - an overview. NILU F

Stohl, A,Burkhart, J.F.; Law, K.S.; Brock, C.A.; Schlager, H.; Jacob, D.

Polar Study using Aircraft, Remote Sensing, Surface Measurements and Models, of Climate, Chemistry, Aerosols, and Transport (POLARCAT) - An International Polar Year (IPY) Activity jointly endorsed by IGAC, SPARC and iLEAPS.

Stohl, A.; Law, K.

Polar stratospheric clouds. Powerpoint presentation. NILU F

Myhre, C.L.

Polar mesospheric descent and stratopause jumps following mid-winter sudden stratospheric warmings as observed in Odin/SMR water vapor and temperature. NILU PP

Orsolini, Y.J.; Urban, J.; Murtagh, D.P.; Lossow, S.; Limpasuvan, V.

PM2.5 Retrieval Using Aerosol Optical Depth, Meteorological Variables, and Artificial Intelligence

Logothetis, Stavros-Andreas; Kosmopoulos, Georgios; Salamalikis, Vasileios; Kazantzidis, Andreas

Particulate matter (PM) is one of the major air pollutants that has adverse impacts on human health. The aim of this study is to present an alternative approach for retrieving fine PM (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm, PM2.5) using artificial intelligence. Ground-based instruments, including a hand-held Microtops II sun photometer (for aerosol optical depth), a PurpleAir sensor (for PM2.5), and Rotronic sensors (for temperature and relative humidity), are used for the machine learning algorithm training. The retrieved PM2.5 reveals an adequate performance with an error of 0.08 μg m−3 and a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.84.

PM10/PM2.5 comparison exercise in Oslo, Norway. Study in 2015-2016 and 2018.

Marsteen, Leif; Hak, Claudia

Formålet med sammenligningen var å ekvivalensteste og etablere kalibreringsfaktorer for de vanligste automatiske PM-målere som er i bruk i Norge. For å etablere faktorene utførte Referanselaboratoriet en feltstudie på tre steder i Oslo under sommer- og vinterforhold i periodene september 2015 til juli 2016 og februar til mars 2018. Måleinstrumentene som deltok var Palas Fidas 200, Grimm EDM 180, TEI TEOM 1405 DF, TEI FH 62 I-R, og R&P TEOM 1400AB.

Rapporten beskriver et mulig system for kontinuerlig verifikasjon av kalibreringsfaktorene i de norske målenettene og hvordan analysedata skal kalibreres.

NILU

PM10 levels at urban, suburban, and background locations in the eastern Mediterranean: local versus regional sources with emphasis on African dust

Chatoutsidou, Sofia Eirini; Kopanakis, Ilias; Lagouvardos, Konstantinos; Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos; Tørseth, Kjetil; Lazaridis, Mihalis

Springer

PM10 and PM2,5 in Trondheim during the winter 2005/06. Study of contributions from small scale wood burning and other sources. NILU OR

Larssen, S.; Hagen, L.O.

NILU has carried out an investigation of contributions from small scale wood burning to PM concentrations in air in cities in Norway. In this project phase 2B the contributions to PM in Trondheim from small scale wood burning have been studied.
There were days with high PM concentrations in Trondheim that winter, up to and above 100 µg/m3 of PM10. On days with probable large contributions from wood burning particles, the PM2,5 and PM10 could be over 50 µg/m3 .
Due to analysis problems with the wood burning tracer component (an unexplained interference peak) the wood burning contribution could not be determined quantitatively.

PM data from sensors: the CITI-SENSE (2012-2016) experience.

Bartonova, A.; Castell N.; Schneider P. .

PLASTOX: Direct and indirect ecotoxicological impacts of microplastics on marine organisms.

Booth, A.; Sakaguchi-Söder, K.; Sobral, P.; Airoldi, L.; Sempere, R.; Van Franeker, J.A.; Magnusson, K.; Doyle, T.; Salaverria, I.; Van Colen, C.; Herzke, D.; Orbea, A.; Gabrielsen, G.W.; Nies, H.; Galloway, T.

Plastics as a carrier of chemical additives to the Arctic: Possibilities for strategic monitoring across the circumpolar North

Hamilton, Bonnie M.; Baak, Julia E.; Vorkamp, Katrin; Hammer, Sjúrður; Granberg, Maria; Herzke, Dorte; Provencher, Jennifer F.

Plastic pollution (including microplastics) has been reported in a variety of biotic and abiotic compartments across the circumpolar Arctic. Due to their environmental ubiquity, there is a need to understand not only the fate and transport of physical plastic particles, but also the fate and transport of additive chemicals associated with plastic pollution. Further, there is a fundamental research gap in understanding long-range transport of chemical additives to the Arctic via plastics as well as their behavior under environmentally relevant Arctic conditions. Here, we comment on the state of the science of plastic as carriers of chemical additives to the Arctic, and highlight research priorities going forward. We suggest further research on the transport pathways of chemical additives via plastics from both distant and local sources and laboratory experiments to investigate chemical behavior of plastic additives under Arctic conditions, including leaching, uptake, and bioaccumulation. Ultimately, chemical additives need to be included in strategic monitoring efforts to fully understand the contaminant burden of plastic pollution in Arctic ecosystems.

Plastic pollution increasing at the top of the Earth

Herzke, Dorte (interview subject); Breum, Martin (journalist)

Plastic litter in the European Arctic: What do we know?

Halsband, Claudia; Herzke, Dorte