Occurrence of microplastics including tire wear particles in northern Atlantic air measured by low-volume samplers in summer 2021

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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.

9 stands for not detected#0 stands for not quantified

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964073
Related Identifier IsPartOf https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.963769
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39340-5
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Creator Goßmann, Isabel ORCID logo; Herzke, Dorte ORCID logo; Held, Andreas; Schulz, Janina; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Georgi, Christoph; Evangeliou, Nikolaos ORCID logo; Eckhardt, Sabine ORCID logo; Gerdts, Gunnar ORCID logo; Wurl, Oliver ORCID logo; Scholz-Böttcher, Barbara ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2023
Funding Reference Federal Ministry of Education and Research https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 Crossref Funder ID 03F0849A https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=03F0849A Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters (FACTS); Federal Ministry of Education and Research https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 Crossref Funder ID 03F0849C https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=03F0849C Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters (FACTS); Federal Ministry of Education and Research https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 Crossref Funder ID 03F0849D https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=03F0849D Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters (FACTS); Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 101008004 doi:10.3030/101008004 Solutions for Sustainable Access to Atmospheric Research Facilities (ATMO-ACCESS); The Research Council of Norway https://doi.org/10.13039/501100005416 Crossref Funder ID 311316 https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/311316 Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters; The Research Council of Norway https://doi.org/10.13039/501100005416 Crossref Funder ID 322191 https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/322191 Plastic pollution; global sources causing consequences for the Arctic, Towards international state-of-the-art understanding and education
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 237 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-1.824W, 56.434S, 19.640E, 74.522N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2021-06-06T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2021-07-05T07:51:00Z