Model output datasets for: Constraining the atmospheric limb of the plastic cycle

• Main Authors: Brahney, Janice, Mahowald, Natalie, Prank, Marje, Cornwell, Gavin, Klimont, Zbigniew, Matsui, Hitoshi, Prather, Kim
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: atmospheric microplastics; aerosols; Arctic; Atkinson
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/103522; https://doi.org/10.7298/4mdh-4e97

Microplastic particles and fibers generated from the breakdown of mismanaged waste are now so prevalent that they cycle through the Earth in a manner akin to global biogeochemical cycles. In modeling the atmospheric limb of the plastic cycle, we show that most atmospheric plastics are derived from t...