Properties of Seawater Surfactants Associated with Primary Marine Aerosol Particles Produced by Bursting Bubbles at a Model Air–Sea Interface

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (16) ◽  
pp. 9407-9417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda A. Frossard ◽  
Violaine Gérard ◽  
Patrick Duplessis ◽  
Joanna D. Kinsey ◽  
Xi Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Marine Aerosol

Marine aerosol particles and infrared transmission

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. S13-S14
Author(s):  
C.R. Zeisse ◽  
S.G. Gathman ◽  
D.R. Jensen ◽  
K.M. Littfin ◽  
W.K. Moision ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Marine Aerosol ◽  
Infrared Transmission

scholarly journals Glyoxal and methylglyoxal in Atlantic seawater and marine aerosol particles: method development and first application during the Polarstern cruise ANT XXVII/4

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 11791-11802 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. van Pinxteren ◽  
H. Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activity ◽  
Method Development ◽  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Global Radiation ◽  
Average Concentration ◽  
Surface Microlayer ◽  
Good Precision ◽  
Marine Aerosol ◽  
Sea Surface Microlayer ◽  
Significant Enrichment

Abstract. An analytical method for the determination of the alpha dicarbonyls glyoxal (GLY) and methylglyoxal (MGLY) from seawater and marine aerosol particles is presented. The method is based on derivatization with o-(2,3,4,5,6-Pentafluorobenzyl)-hydroxylamine (PFBHA) reagent, solvent extraction and GC-MS (SIM) analysis. The method showed good precision (RSD < 10%), sensitivity (detection limits in the low ng L−1 range), and accuracy (good agreement between external calibration and standard addition). The method was applied to determine GLY and MGLY in oceanic water sampled during the Polarstern cruise ANT XXVII/4 from Capetown to Bremerhaven in spring 2011. GLY and MGLY were determined in the sea surface microlayer (SML) of the ocean and corresponding bulk water (BW) with average concentrations of 228 ng L−1 (GLY) and 196 ng L−1 (MGLY). The results show a significant enrichment (factor of 4) of GLY and MGLY in the SML. Furthermore, marine aerosol particles (PM1) were sampled during the cruise and analyzed for GLY (average concentration 0.19 ng m−3) and MGLY (average concentration 0.15 ng m−3). On aerosol particles, both carbonyls show a very good correlation with oxalate, supporting the idea of a secondary formation of oxalic acid via GLY and MGLY. Concentrations of GLY and MGLY in seawater and on aerosol particles were correlated to environmental parameters such as global radiation, temperature, distance to the coastline and biological activity. There are slight hints for a photochemical production of GLY and MGLY in the SML (significant enrichment in the SML, higher enrichment at higher temperature). However, a clear connection of GLY and MGLY to global radiation as well as to biological activity cannot be concluded from the data. A slight correlation between GLY and MGLY in the SML and in aerosol particles could be a hint for interactions, in particular of GLY, between seawater and the atmosphere.

scholarly journals Marine organic matter in the remote environment of the Cape Verde islands – an introduction and overview to the MarParCloud campaign

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 6921-6951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela van Pinxteren ◽  
Khanneh Wadinga Fomba ◽  
Nadja Triesch ◽  
Christian Stolle ◽  
Oliver Wurl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Particle Number ◽  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Cloud Water ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Marine Aerosol ◽  
Biological Production ◽  
Marine Organic Matter

Abstract. The project MarParCloud (Marine biological production, organic aerosol Particles and marine Clouds: a process chain) aims to improve our understanding of the genesis, modification and impact of marine organic matter (OM) from its biological production, to its export to marine aerosol particles and, finally, to its ability to act as ice-nucleating particles (INPs) and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). A field campaign at the Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) in the tropics in September–October 2017 formed the core of this project that was jointly performed with the project MARSU (MARine atmospheric Science Unravelled). A suite of chemical, physical, biological and meteorological techniques was applied, and comprehensive measurements of bulk water, the sea surface microlayer (SML), cloud water and ambient aerosol particles collected at a ground-based and a mountain station took place. Key variables comprised the chemical characterization of the atmospherically relevant OM components in the ocean and the atmosphere as well as measurements of INPs and CCN. Moreover, bacterial cell counts, mercury species and trace gases were analyzed. To interpret the results, the measurements were accompanied by various auxiliary parameters such as air mass back-trajectory analysis, vertical atmospheric profile analysis, cloud observations and pigment measurements in seawater. Additional modeling studies supported the experimental analysis. During the campaign, the CVAO exhibited marine air masses with low and partly moderate dust influences. The marine boundary layer was well mixed as indicated by an almost uniform particle number size distribution within the boundary layer. Lipid biomarkers were present in the aerosol particles in typical concentrations of marine background conditions. Accumulation- and coarse-mode particles served as CCN and were efficiently transferred to the cloud water. The ascent of ocean-derived compounds, such as sea salt and sugar-like compounds, to the cloud level, as derived from chemical analysis and atmospheric transfer modeling results, denotes an influence of marine emissions on cloud formation. Organic nitrogen compounds (free amino acids) were enriched by several orders of magnitude in submicron aerosol particles and in cloud water compared to seawater. However, INP measurements also indicated a significant contribution of other non-marine sources to the local INP concentration, as (biologically active) INPs were mainly present in supermicron aerosol particles that are not suggested to undergo strong enrichment during ocean–atmosphere transfer. In addition, the number of CCN at the supersaturation of 0.30 % was about 2.5 times higher during dust periods compared to marine periods. Lipids, sugar-like compounds, UV-absorbing (UV: ultraviolet) humic-like substances and low-molecular-weight neutral components were important organic compounds in the seawater, and highly surface-active lipids were enriched within the SML. The selective enrichment of specific organic compounds in the SML needs to be studied in further detail and implemented in an OM source function for emission modeling to better understand transfer patterns, the mechanisms of marine OM transformation in the atmosphere and the role of additional sources. In summary, when looking at particulate mass, we see oceanic compounds transferred to the atmospheric aerosol and to the cloud level, while from a perspective of particle number concentrations, sea spray aerosol (i.e., primary marine aerosol) contributions to both CCN and INPs are rather limited.

Hygroscopicity and cloud condensation nucleus activity of marine aerosol particles over the western North Pacific

2011 ◽  
Vol 116 (D6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michihiro Mochida ◽  
Chiharu Nishita-Hara ◽  
Hiroshi Furutani ◽  
Yuzo Miyazaki ◽  
Jinyoung Jung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Pacific ◽  
Western North Pacific ◽  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Condensation Nucleus ◽  
Cloud Condensation Nucleus ◽  
Marine Aerosol

Determination of methanesulfonic acid and non-sea-salt sulfate in single marine aerosol particles

1989 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonidas N. Kolaitis ◽  
Frank J. Bruynseels ◽  
Rene E. Van Grieken ◽  
Meinrat O. Andreae
Keyword(s):  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Methanesulfonic Acid ◽  
Sea Salt ◽  
Marine Aerosol

Marine Aerosol Particles and Infrared Transmission

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Zeisse ◽  
S. G. Gathman ◽  
D. R. Jensen ◽  
K. M. Littfin ◽  
W. K. Moision
Keyword(s):  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Marine Aerosol ◽  
Infrared Transmission

scholarly journals Side-by-Side Comparison of Four Techniques Explains the Apparent Differences in the Organic Composition of Generated and Ambient Marine Aerosol Particles

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. v-x ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda A. Frossard ◽  
Lynn M. Russell ◽  
Paola Massoli ◽  
Timothy S. Bates ◽  
Patricia K. Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Marine Aerosol ◽  
Organic Composition
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