Contribution of Water-Soluble Organic Matter from Multiple Marine Geographic Eco-Regions to Aerosols around Antarctica

11 pages, 3 figures, supporting information https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c00695 We present shipborne measurements of size-resolved concentrations of aerosol components across ocean waters next to the Antarctic Peninsula, South Orkney Islands, and South Georgia Island, evidencing aerosol features...

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Published in:Environmental Science & Technology
Main Authors: Rinaldi, Matteo, Paglione, Marco, Decesari, S., Beddows, D.C.S., Ovadnevaite, Jurgita, Ceburnis, Darius, O'Dowd, Colin D., Simó, Rafel, Dall'Osto, Manuel
Other Authors: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Chemical Society 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/218499
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c00695
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033
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Summary:11 pages, 3 figures, supporting information https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c00695 We present shipborne measurements of size-resolved concentrations of aerosol components across ocean waters next to the Antarctic Peninsula, South Orkney Islands, and South Georgia Island, evidencing aerosol features associated with distinct eco-regions. Nonmethanesulfonic acid Water-Soluble Organic Matter (WSOM) represented 6–8% and 11–22% of the aerosol PM1 mass originated in open ocean (OO) and sea ice (SI) regions, respectively. Other major components included sea salt (86–88% OO, 24–27% SI), non sea salt sulfate (3–4% OO, 35–40% SI), and MSA (1–2% OO, 11–12% SI). The chemical composition of WSOM encompasses secondary organic components with diverse behaviors: while alkylamine concentrations were higher in SI air masses, oxalic acid showed higher concentrations in the open ocean air. Our online single-particle mass spectrometry data exclude a widespread source from sea bird colonies, while the secondary production of oxalic acid and sulfur-containing organic species via cloud processing is suggested. We claim that the potential impact of the sympagic planktonic ecosystem on aerosol composition has been overlooked in past studies, and multiple eco-regions act as distinct aerosol sources around Antarctica The study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy through project BIO-NUC (CGL2013-49020-R), PI-ICE (CTM2017–89117-R) and the Ramon y Cajal fellowship (RYC-2012-11922), and by the EU though the FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF programme (Project number 624680, MANU – Marine Aerosol NUcleations), all to M.D., and PEGASO (CTM2012-37615) to R.S. With the funding support of the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation (CEX2019-000928-S), of the Spanish Research Agency (AEI) Peer reviewed