Goßmann, Isabel; Herzke, Dorte; Held, Andreas; Schulz, Janina; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Georgi, Christoph; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Eckhardt, Sabine; Gerdts, Gunnar; Wurl, Oliver; Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara (2023): Occurrence of microplastics including tire wear particles in northern Atlantic air in 2021 - a first mass-quantitative data set [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.963769
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Abstract:
This data set provides mass quantitative data of microplastics (MP) including tire wear particles (TWP) in northern Atlantic air. Air samples were taken with two different active air sampling devices (low- and high-volume samplers) during seven transects on a research cruise along the Norwegian coast up to Bear Island. Identification and quantification of MP was performed with pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). More information about the measurement technique is found in the related paper (Goßmann et al., 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-39340-5). MP was detected in all transects (max. 37.5 ng m-3). Particularly interesting was the ubiquity of the polyethylene terephthalate cluster (C-PET, max. 1.5 ng m-3). TWP was detected only twice, but in comparably high concentrations (max. 35 ng m-3). A close relationship of C-PET occurrence and possible re-emission processes from the ocean were suspected. The results for some polymer clusters had to be excluded due to sampling related interferences. The respective background is discussed in the related publication. The indicator used for identification and quantification of the polyvinyl chloride cluster (C-PVC) is rather unspecific. Therefore, C-PVC might be interfered by additional anthropogenic sources and the given C-PVC concentration only represents an order of magnitude.
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Goßmann, Isabel; Herzke, Dorte; Held, Andreas; Schulz, Janina; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Georgi, Christoph; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Eckhardt, Sabine; Gerdts, Gunnar; Wurl, Oliver; Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara (2023): Occurrence and backtracking of microplastic mass loads including tire wear particles in northern Atlantic air. Nature Communications, 14(1), 3707, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39340-5
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03F0849A: Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters (FACTS)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03F0849C: Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters (FACTS)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03F0849D: Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters (FACTS)
Horizon 2020 (H2020), grant/award no. 101008004: Solutions for Sustainable Access to Atmospheric Research Facilities (ATMO-ACCESS)
The Research Council of Norway (RCN), grant/award no. 311316: Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters
The Research Council of Norway (RCN), grant/award no. 322191: Plastic pollution; global sources causing consequences for the Arctic, Towards international state-of-the-art understanding and education
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Median Latitude: 65.550233 * Median Longitude: 8.278240 * South-bound Latitude: 56.434220 * West-bound Longitude: -1.824320 * North-bound Latitude: 74.522330 * East-bound Longitude: 19.639700
Date/Time Start: 2021-06-06T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2021-07-05T07:51:00
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Datasets listed in this publication series
- Goßmann, I; Herzke, D; Held, A et al. (2023): Occurrence of microplastics including tire wear particles in northern Atlantic air measured by high-volume samplers in summer 2021. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964079
- Goßmann, I; Herzke, D; Held, A et al. (2023): Occurrence of microplastics including tire wear particles in northern Atlantic air measured by low-volume samplers in summer 2021. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964073