• AIR POLLUTANTS IN THE ARCTIC. FINAL REPORT OF A RESEARCH PROGRAMME CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF BRITISH PETROLEUM, LTD. 

      Ottar, Brynjulf; Gotaas, Yngvar; Hov, Øystein; Iversen, Trond; Joranger, Einar; Oehme, Michael; Pacyna, Jozef M; Semb, Arne; Thomas, Wolfgang; Vitols, Valentin (NILU OR;30/86, Research report, 1986)
      The present report gives a survey of the work carried out under an arctic research programme financed by British Petroleum Ltd. during the period 1981-86. The composition and origin of the arctic air pollution has been ...
    • Atmospheric research in Ny-Ålesund. Proceedings from the Third NySMAC meeting NILU, Kjeller, Norway 9.-11. April 1997. 

      Fløisand, Inga; Gernandt, Hartwig; Larsen, Elisabeth Stoltz; Stordal, Frode; Wada, Makoto (NILU OR;19/97, Research report, 1997)
      This report includs abstracts from papers presentet at the NySMAC-meeting on “Atmospheric Research in Ny-Ålesund”.
    • CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF AEROSOLS AT BP PROJECT GROUND STATIONS. 

      Pacyna, Jozef M; Vitols, Valentin; Hanssen, Jan Erik (NILU OR;64/85, Research report, 1985)
      Aerosol measurement results are presented for all BP Project ground stations, as well as tentative speculation on the possible source(s). In general, the USSR emission sources are the likely major contributors of particulate ...
    • First assessment of pollutant exposure in two balaenopterid whale populations sampled in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway 

      Tartu, Sabrina; Fisk, Aaron T.; Götsch, Arntraut; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lydersen, Christian; Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Pollutant concentrations are poorly known for the largest animals on Earth, blue whales Balaenoptera musculus and fin whales Balaenoptera physalus. In this study, concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were ...
    • GLOBE Arctic POP's. Annual report 2001. 

      Hetland, Karl Torstein; Endregard, Geir; Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie (NILU OR; 36/2002, Research report, 2002)
      This annual report gives an overview of the first year of the project “GLOBE: POP’s in the Arctic”. The project seeks to create a network of GLOBE schools and scientists above the Arctic circle that will study the Arctic ...
    • Greenhouse gas monitoring at the Zeppelin station, Svalbard, Norway. Annual report 2007. 

      Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Hermansen, Ove; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Lunder, Chris Rene; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Stebel, Kerstin; Ström, Johan; Cachorro Revilla, Victoria E. (NILU OR; 02/2009, Research report, 2009)
      Rapporten presenterer aktiviteter og måleresultater fra klimagassovervåkingen ved Zeppelinobservatoriet på Svalbard for årene 2001-2007. Overvåkingsprogrammet utføres av Norsk institutt for luftforskning (NILU) og er ...
    • Greenhouse monitoring at the Zeppelin station - annual report 2008. 

      Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Hermansen, Ove; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Lunder, Chris Rene; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Stebel, Kerstin; Prata, Fred (NILU OR; 24/2010, Research report, 2010)
      The report summaries the activities and results of the greenhouse gas monitoring at the Zeppelin observatory situated on Svalbard in Arctic Norway during the period 2001-2008.The monitoring programme is performed by the ...
    • Kvikksølv i mose og humus i Nord-Norge - relatert til episoder med kvikksølvnedfall fra atmosfæren i Arktis? 

      Berg, Torunn; Aspmo, Katrine; Steinnes, Eiliv (NILU OR; 37/2008, Research report, 2008)
      De landsomfattende moseundersøkelsene har demonstrert økende konsentrasjoner av kvikksølv ut mot kysten av Barentshavet, dvs. en gradient fra innlandet ut mot havet. Elementært kvikksølv i gassfase (GEM) ble målt i ett år ...
    • Monitoring of greenhouse gases and aerosols at Svalbard and Birkenes: Annual report 2010. 

      Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Hermansen, Ove; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Lunder, Chris Rene; Fiebig, Markus; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Krognes, Terje; Stebel, Kerstin (NILU OR;14/2012, Research report, 2012)
      The report summaries the activities and results of the greenhouse gas monitoring at the Zeppelin and observatory situated on Svalbard in Arctic Norway during the period 2001-2010 and the greenhouse gas monitoring and aerosol ...
    • Monitoring of greenhouse gases and aerosols at Svalbard and Birkenes: Annual report 2011. 

      Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Hermansen, Ove; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Lunder, Chris Rene; Fiebig, Markus; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Krognes, Terje; Stebel, Kerstin (NILU OR;18/2013, Research report, 2013)
      The report summaries the activities and results of the greenhouse gas monitoring at the Zeppelin and observatory situated on Svalbard in Arctic Norway during the period 2001-2011 and the greenhouse gas monitoring and aerosol ...
    • NILU's atmospheric research at Ny-Ålesund. 

      Beine, Harald Jürgen (NILU OR;20/97, Research report, 1997)
      At Ny-Ålesund NILU is involved in many scientific projects that focus on global and regional atmospheric chemistry such as stratospheric ozone depletion, the greenhouse effect (from gases and aerosols), tropospheric ozone ...
    • ORGANIC AIR POLLUTANTS IN THE NORWEGIAN ARCTIC. 

      Pacyna, Jozef M; Oehme, Michael; Ottar, Brynjulf (NILU OR;19/86, Research report, 1986)
      Atmospheric emission sources and transport within air masses of some polychlorinated hydrocarbons, fluoranthene and quinones are reviewed and their importance for the Arctic is discussed. The origin of hydrocarbons in the ...
    • Plastic burdens in northern fulmars from Svalbard: Looking back 25 years 

      Collard, France; Bangjord, Georg; Herzke, Dorte; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis ingests a larger number of (micro)plastics than many other seabirds due to its feeding habits and gut morphology. Since 2002, they are bioindicators of marine plastics in the North ...
    • PROSJEKTERING AV ATMOSFÆREKJEMISK FORSKNINGSSTASJON I NY-ÅLESUND PÅ SVALBARD 

      Hov, Øystein; Holtet, Jan A. (NILU OR; 67/87, Research report, 1987)
      Forprosjektering av en ny renluftstasjon i Ny-Ålesund viser at det beste er å etablere en ny stasjon på Zeppelinfjellet 475 m o.h., med gondolheis ned til Badehuset. Etablering av heis og stasjon regnes å koste ca. 8 ...
    • Screening Programme 2017 – AMAP Assessment Compounds 

      Schlabach, Martin; van Bavel, Bert; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Borgen, Anders; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing; Götsch, Arntraut; Halse, Anne Karine; Hanssen, Linda; Krogseth, Ingjerd Sunde; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Nygård, Torgeir; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Samanipour, Saer (NILU report;21/2018, Research report, 2018)
      This report summarizes the findings of a screening study on the occurrence of emerging substances selected by AMAP and other related substances measured earlier. The study includes selected solvents, siloxanes, flame ...
    • SIMULATION OF THE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND PARTICULATE SULPHATE IN THE ARCTIC. 

      Iversen, Trond (NILU OR; 83/86, Research report, 1986)
      A model for simulation for long range transport of sulphur dioxide and sulphate is applied to estimate the contribution to Arctic sulphur pollution from four main source areas. In general, North American sources are estimated ...
    • SOURCE-RECEPTOR RELATIONSHIPS FOR AIR POLLUTANTS IN THE ARCTIC. 

      Pacyna, Jozef M (NILU OR; 3/86, Research report, 1986)
      Estimated emissions of trace elements from sources in the U.S.S.R. were used in a simple trajectory model to calculate concentrations at Ny Ålesund, Spitsbergen, and to compare with measurements. The origin of the arctic ...
    • SPECIAL MEASUREMENTS AT NY ÅLESUND: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ARCTIC AEROSOL. 

      Vitols, Valentin; Pacyna, Jozef M (NILU OR;65/85, Research report, 1985)
      Physical and chemical properties of the arctic aerosol at Ny Ålesund, Spitsbergen, have been studied during the arctic winter and summer seasons. Size-differentiated chemical composition of aerosols has been used to assess ...
    • Tropospheric ozone depletion in the Arctic during spring. Measurements on the Zeppelin Mountain on Spitsbergen. 

      Solberg, Sverre; Hermansen, Ove; Joranger, Einar; Schmidbauer, Norbert; Stordal, Frode; Hov, Øystein (NILU OR;27/94, Research report, 1994)
      This report presents measurements of ozone, non-methane hydrocarbons, sulphate, ammonium, halocarbon and meteorological parameters from Spitsbergen in the Arctic. The focus is the rapid depletion of surface ozone in spring. ...