Open ocean and coastal new particle formation from sulfuric acid and amines around the Antarctic Peninsula
8 pages, 3 figures, extended data https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00751-y New particle formation is globally one of the major sources of aerosol particles and cloud condensation nuclei. As primary emissions are a minor contributor to particle concentrations, secondary new particle formation proce...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/242919 2024-02-11T09:57:11+01:00 Open ocean and coastal new particle formation from sulfuric acid and amines around the Antarctic Peninsula Brean, James Dall'Osto, Manuel Simó, Rafel Shi, Zongbo Beddows, D.C.S. Harrison, Roy M. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) Natural Environment Research Council (UK) 2021-05 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/242919 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00751-y https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000270 en eng Nature Publishing Group #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PI‐ICE‐CTM 2017–89117‐R https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00751-y Sí Nature Geoscience 14: 383-388 (2021) 1752-0894 CEX2019-000928-S http://hdl.handle.net/10261/242919 doi:10.1038/s41561-021-00751-y 1752-0908 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000270 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2021 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00751-y10.13039/50110000332910.13039/501100000270 2024-01-16T11:09:39Z 8 pages, 3 figures, extended data https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00751-y New particle formation is globally one of the major sources of aerosol particles and cloud condensation nuclei. As primary emissions are a minor contributor to particle concentrations, secondary new particle formation processes are probably key in determining Antarctic aerosol number concentrations. However, our knowledge of new particle formation and its mechanisms in Antarctica is very limited. Here we study summertime open ocean and coastal new particle formation in the Antarctic Peninsula region based on both ship and station measurements. The rates of particle formation relative to sulfuric acid concentrations, as well as the sulfuric acid dimer-to-monomer ratios, were similar to those seen for sulfuric acid–dimethylamine–water nucleation. Numerous sulfuric acid–amine peaks were identified during new particle formation events, providing evidence that alkylamines were the bases that facilitated sulfuric acid nucleation. Most new particle formation events occurred in air masses arriving from the ice-covered Weddell Sea and its marginal ice zone, which are an important source of volatile sulfur and alkylamines. This nucleation mechanism is more efficient than the ion-induced sulfuric acid–ammonia pathway previously observed in Antarctica, and one that can occur rapidly under neutral conditions. This hitherto overlooked pathway to biologically driven aerosol formation should be considered for estimating aerosol and cloud condensation nuclei numbers in ocean–sea ice–aerosols–climate feedback models This study was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy (grant number PI‐ICE‐CTM 2017–89117‐R and RYC-2012-11922, both awarded to M.D.’O.). This work was also supported by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (grant number R8/H12/83/011 to R.M.H. and D.C.S.B., which also supported a studentship (ncasstu009) for J.B.) With the funding support of the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Sea ice Weddell Sea Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Weddell Weddell Sea Nature Geoscience 14 6 383 388 |
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8 pages, 3 figures, extended data https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00751-y New particle formation is globally one of the major sources of aerosol particles and cloud condensation nuclei. As primary emissions are a minor contributor to particle concentrations, secondary new particle formation processes are probably key in determining Antarctic aerosol number concentrations. However, our knowledge of new particle formation and its mechanisms in Antarctica is very limited. Here we study summertime open ocean and coastal new particle formation in the Antarctic Peninsula region based on both ship and station measurements. The rates of particle formation relative to sulfuric acid concentrations, as well as the sulfuric acid dimer-to-monomer ratios, were similar to those seen for sulfuric acid–dimethylamine–water nucleation. Numerous sulfuric acid–amine peaks were identified during new particle formation events, providing evidence that alkylamines were the bases that facilitated sulfuric acid nucleation. Most new particle formation events occurred in air masses arriving from the ice-covered Weddell Sea and its marginal ice zone, which are an important source of volatile sulfur and alkylamines. This nucleation mechanism is more efficient than the ion-induced sulfuric acid–ammonia pathway previously observed in Antarctica, and one that can occur rapidly under neutral conditions. This hitherto overlooked pathway to biologically driven aerosol formation should be considered for estimating aerosol and cloud condensation nuclei numbers in ocean–sea ice–aerosols–climate feedback models This study was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy (grant number PI‐ICE‐CTM 2017–89117‐R and RYC-2012-11922, both awarded to M.D.’O.). This work was also supported by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (grant number R8/H12/83/011 to R.M.H. and D.C.S.B., which also supported a studentship (ncasstu009) for J.B.) With the funding support of the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of ... |
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