Chemical composition of aerosol particles at Mt. Åreskutan, Sweden

Vera Franke, Paul Zieger, Ulla Wideqvist, Caroline Leck, Johan Ström

The chemical composition of atmospheric particulate matter at Mt. Åreskutan, a mountaintop site in central Sweden, was analysed with a focus on its carbonaceous content. Filter samples taken during June to October 2014 within the Cloud and Aerosol Experiment at Åre (CAEsAR 2014) were analysed by means of a thermo-optical method and ion chromatography.

Citation

Vera Franke, Paul Zieger, Ulla Wideqvist, Caroline Leck, Johan Ström (2017) Chemical composition of aerosol particles at Mt. Åreskutan, Sweden. Dataset version 1. Bolin Centre Database. https://doi.org/10.17043/franke-2017-aerosol-are-1

References

Franke V, Zieger P, Wideqvist U, Acosta Navarro JC, Leck C, Tunved P, Rosati B, Gysel M, Salter ME, Ström J. 2017: Chemical composition and source analysis of carbonaceous aerosol particles at a mountaintop site in central Sweden. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 69, 1353387. https://doi.org/10.1080/16000889.2017.1353387

Data description

The data set contains the analyzed filter data from the CAESAR 2014 campaign. Each 3-day filter was analyzed using EC/OC and IC analysis. The chemical composition of particles was analyzed with respect to the following components: OC (organic carbon), EC (elemental carbon), TC (total carbon), Fluoride, MSA, Pyruvate, Chloride, Nitrate, Sulphate, Oxalate, Sodium, Ammonium, Potassium, Magnesium, and Calcium. File type: xlsx. More information can be found in the corresponding paper by Franke et al. (2017, Tellus B).

Comments

The Cloud and Aerosol Experiment Åre 2014 (CAESAR 2014) was a campaign dedicated to the study of aerosols and clouds at a mountaintop station at Åre, Sweden, at 1250 m a.s.l. The campaign was organized by the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) at Stockholm University. External and international partners were the Finish Meteorological Institute (FMI, Finland), the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI, Switzerland), Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT, USA), and the University of Hertfordshire (UK). More information can be found at: http://www.aces.su.se/research/projects/cloud-and-aerosol-experiment-are-2014-caesar-2014/