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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-1467</article-id>
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<article-title>Drivers of aerosol variability in the high Arctic: insights from integrated observations at Gruvebadet and Zeppelin (Ny-&amp;Aring;lesund)</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Barbaro</surname>
<given-names>Elena</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2639-7475</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ardini</surname>
<given-names>Francisco</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0094-9227</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Becagli</surname>
<given-names>Silvia</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Bertinetti</surname>
<given-names>Stefano</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1982-247X</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Bruschi</surname>
<given-names>Federica</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Calzolai</surname>
<given-names>Giulia</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9476-1470</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Cavaliere</surname>
<given-names>Alice</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2864-6028</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Cappelletti</surname>
<given-names>David</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9652-2457</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Crocchianti</surname>
<given-names>Stefano</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Feltracco</surname>
<given-names>Matteo</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3907-4798</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7">
<sup>7</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8">
<sup>8</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Gambaro</surname>
<given-names>Andrea</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7">
<sup>7</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Giardi</surname>
<given-names>Fabio</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0291-7800</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Gilardoni</surname>
<given-names>Stefania</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7312-5571</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Grotti</surname>
<given-names>Marco</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Heslin-Rees</surname>
<given-names>Dominic</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9691-4496</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8">
<sup>8</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Krejci</surname>
<given-names>Radovan</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9384-9702</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff9">
<sup>9</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Malandrino</surname>
<given-names>Mery</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mataloni</surname>
<given-names>Matilde</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Montaguti</surname>
<given-names>Simonetta</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff10">
<sup>10</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Nava</surname>
<given-names>Silvia</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff11">
<sup>11</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Paglione</surname>
<given-names>Marco</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff10">
<sup>10</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Rinaldi</surname>
<given-names>Matteo</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff10">
<sup>10</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ripa</surname>
<given-names>Chiara</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Severi</surname>
<given-names>Mirko</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1511-6762</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Spolaor</surname>
<given-names>Andrea</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8635-9193</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Traversi</surname>
<given-names>Rita</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9790-2195</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Uggerud</surname>
<given-names>Hilde</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff12">
<sup>12</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Verazzo</surname>
<given-names>Giulio</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Viglezio</surname>
<given-names>Tessa</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yttri</surname>
<given-names>Karl Espen</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9904-5716</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff12">
<sup>12</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Aas</surname>
<given-names>Wenche</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-1970</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff12">
<sup>12</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mazzola</surname>
<given-names>Mauro</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8394-2292</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR), Venice, 30172, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, 16146 Genoa, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>University of Florence - Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” Sesto Fiorentino (FI)</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>National Institute for Nuclear Physics, INFN-Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff6">
<label>6</label>
<addr-line>Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff7">
<label>7</label>
<addr-line>Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca&apos; Foscari University of Venice, 30172, Venice, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff8">
<label>8</label>
<addr-line>Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Casaccia   Research  Center, 00123, Rome, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff9">
<label>9</label>
<addr-line>Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff10">
<label>10</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy (ISAC-CNR), Bologna, 40129 Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff11">
<label>11</label>
<addr-line>Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff12">
<label>12</label>
<addr-line>NILU, Kjeller, 2007, Norway</addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>09</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>37</lpage>
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<p>This paper summarizes the main results from the scientific project &amp;ldquo;Boundary layer Evolution Through Harmonization of Aerosol measurements at Ny-&amp;Aring;lesund research stations&amp;rdquo; (BETHA-Ny&amp;Aring;), in which aerosol measurements of two Arctic atmospheric observatories located near Ny-&amp;Aring;lesund (Svalbard) at different elevations were harmonized: at the Gruvebadet atmospheric laboratory (61 m a.s.l.) and Zeppelin observatory (472 m a.s.l.). This approach allows for a better understanding of how atmospheric layering may affect the variability of aerosol observations in the Ny-&amp;Aring;lesund area. From February 2022 to March 2023, a coordinated sampling campaign enabled a direct comparison of optical, chemical, and physical aerosol properties, integrated with meteorological data from the Amundsen-Nobile Climate Change Tower. Results reveal a strong seasonal coherence between the two sites for two topical markers such as sulfate and ammonium, with clear evidence of the winter&amp;ndash;spring Arctic Haze phenomenon. Local differences emerged mainly for biogenic tracers (e.g., arabitol and mannitol) which were detected at higher concentrations at Gruvebadet compared to Zeppelin observatory, highlighting the role of near-surface sources and aerosol stratification. The analysis of trace elements, lead isotopic ratios, and organic markers helped us to distinguish natural from anthropogenic contributions, confirming the dominant role of long-range transport and the persistence of isotopic signatures consistent with Eurasian sources. The systematic comparison across the two observatories demonstrates the robustness of the harmonized protocol and emphasizes the importance of an integrated monitoring network for evaluating the evolution of atmospheric processes in the Arctic.</p>
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