dc.contributor.author | Arnold, SR | |
dc.contributor.author | Law, KS | |
dc.contributor.author | Brock, CA | |
dc.contributor.author | Thomas, JL | |
dc.contributor.author | Starkweather, SM | |
dc.contributor.author | von Salzen, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Stohl, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Sharma, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Lund, MT | |
dc.contributor.author | Flanner, MG | |
dc.contributor.author | Petäjä, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Tanimoto, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Gamble, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Dibb, JE | |
dc.contributor.author | Melamed, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Fidel, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Tynkkynen, V-P | |
dc.contributor.author | Baklanov, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Eckhardt, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Monks, SA | |
dc.contributor.author | Browse, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Bozem, H | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-14T14:37:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-05-19 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Arctic is a sentinel of global change. This region is influenced by multiple physical and socio-economic
drivers and feedbacks, impacting both the natural and human environment. Air pollution is one such driver
that impacts Arctic climate change, ecosystems and health but significant uncertainties still surround
quantification of these effects. Arctic air pollution includes harmful trace gases (e.g. tropospheric ozone) and
particles (e.g. black carbon, sulphate) and toxic substances (e.g. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) that can be
transported to the Arctic from emission sources located far outside the region, or emitted within the Arctic
from activities including shipping, power production, and other industrial activities. This paper qualitatively
summarizes the complex science issues motivating the creation of a new international initiative, PACES
(air Pollution in the Arctic: Climate, Environment and Societies). Approaches for coordinated, international
and interdisciplinary research on this topic are described with the goal to improve predictive capability via new
understanding about sources, processes, feedbacks and impacts of Arctic air pollution. Overarching research
actions are outlined, in which we describe our recommendations for 1) the development of trans-disciplinary
approaches combining social and economic research with investigation of the chemical and physical aspects
of Arctic air pollution; 2) increasing the quality and quantity of observations in the Arctic using long-term
monitoring and intensive field studies, both at the surface and throughout the troposphere; and 3) developing
improved predictive capability across a range of spatial and temporal scales. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors acknowledge support for the PACES initiative from the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC)
Project and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Atmosphere Working Group. SRA acknowledges
support from the UK Natural Environment Research Council through the BORNET project (NE/L013347/1). TP
acknowledges financial support of Academy of Finland via Center of Excellence in Atmospheric Sciences and of the
Office of Science (BER), U.S. Department of Energy via BAECC. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 4: 000104 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.12952/journal.elementa.000104 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/23450 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BioOne | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2016 Arnold et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and
source are credited. | en_GB |
dc.title | Arctic air pollution: Challenges and opportunities for the next decade | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-14T14:37:27Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2325-1026 | |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from the publisher via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene | en_GB |