Concentration and composition of aerosols over the North Atlantic in August 1995, supplement to: Lukashin, Vyacheslav N; Isaeva, Alexandra B; Serova, Valentina V; Gordeev, Vladimir Yu; Stein, Ruediger (2000): Research of the Aerosols over the North Atlantic Ocean. Translated from Okeanologiya, 2000, 40(4), 594-605, Oceanology, 40(4), 557-568

• Main Authors: Lukashin, Vyacheslav N, Isaeva, Alexandra B, Serova, Valentina V, Gordeev, Vladimir Yu, Stein, Ruediger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2000
• Subjects: Net 600 µm 10 x 1 m**2; AMK37; Akademik Mstislav Keldysh; Archive of Ocean Data ARCOD; Valentina; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.761106; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.761106

Data on composition of aerosols are considered. Investigations include electron microscopy, grain size, mineralogical and chemical analyses. Samples of aerosols were collected Cruise 37 of R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh along a transatlantic section along 40°-50°N. Variability of concentrations and composition of aerosols with distance from continents is shown: concentrations of aerosols decrease by factor of ten and more. Significant portion of mineral components in aerosols collected over the continent is replaced by organic matter due to mechanical differentiation during transportation. Such anthropogenic components as soot, ash, and combustion spheres were detected in all samples. North African dust was found in one sample in the western part of the section.