Articles | Volume 13, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020
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08 Oct 2020
Research article |  | 08 Oct 2020

Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018)

Dmitry M. Kabanov, Christoph Ritter, and Sergey M. Sakerin

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Long-term photometer measurements of two sites on Spitsbergen, Barentsburg and Ny-Ålesund, in the European Arctic are presented and compared. We find slightly higher aerosol optical depths at Barentsburg and attribute this to a higher concentration of small particles.
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