Variations in Ionic Ratios between Reference Sea Water and Marine Aerosols

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Chesselet, Roger, Morelli, Jacques, Buat-Menard, Patrick, Orelli, Jacques
• Other Authors: Centre des Faibles Radioactivités, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 1972
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; Norwegian Sea; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03403672; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03403672/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03403672/file/JC077i027p05116.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/JC077i027p05116

International audience Atmospheric particles were collected over the open sea (western Mediterranean, North Atlantic, and Norwegian Sea) by air filtration and cascade impactor sampling. The observed K/Na concentration ratios exhibited marked variation and were greater than the reference ratio in bulk sea water. These concentration ratios can be related to the existence of a