Time series of aerosol light-absorption coefficients from Aethalometers at six Arctic stations between 2012 and 2014

Data used in this article are archived and accessible from the EBAS database operated at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) (http://ebas.nilu.no). Data management is provided by the WMO Global Atmosphere Watch World Data Centre for Aerosol. This project has received funding from the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654109 (ACTRIS). ALERT: Dr. Fred Hopper and technicians, and Canadian Department of National Defence. BARROW: NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research SUMMIT: NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Science Foundation (OPP 1546002). TIKSI: Sara Morris and the NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Academy of Finland project Greenhouse gas, aerosol and albedo variations in the changing Arctic (project number 269095) PALLAS: Academy of Finland project Greenhouse gas, aerosol and albedo variations in the changing Arctic (project number 269095), Academy of Finland project Novel Assessment of Black Carbon in the Eurasian Arctic: From Historical Concentrations and Sources to Future Climate Impacts (NABCEA), project number 296302 and the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence program (project number 307331). ZEPPELIN: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvaardsverket), Vetenskapraadet, FORMAS, and NILU - Norsk institutt for luftforskning.