CHEMISTRY OF ANTARCTIC ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS

Inland atmospheric aerosols were sampled by members of JARE-29 (1988-1989) using a modified Andersen type cascade impacter, which consists of 12 impacter stages and a back-up filter and can fractionate aerosol particles down to 0.04 micron. MSA (methane sulfonic acid) and nssSO_4 showed their maximu...

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Main Authors: カナモリ サトル, カナモリ ノブコ, ニシカワ マサタカ, ワタナベ オキツグ, アオキ シュンジ, Satoru KANAMORI, Nobuko KANAMORI, Masataka NISHIKAWA, Okitsugu WATANABE, Shuhji AOKI
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: ABSTRACT 1992
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Syowa Station
Antarc*
Polar meteorology and glaciology
Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology
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Summary:Inland atmospheric aerosols were sampled by members of JARE-29 (1988-1989) using a modified Andersen type cascade impacter, which consists of 12 impacter stages and a back-up filter and can fractionate aerosol particles down to 0.04 micron. MSA (methane sulfonic acid) and nssSO_4 showed their maximum in size distribution at 0.2-0.3 micron. Their distribution curves run parallel with similar trend and strongly suggest their same or closely related origin. Na has its maximum at 0.6-0.7 micron; its marine origin is indicated by the similar trend of Mg and also by the Mg/Na ratio close to that in seawater. Therefore, MSA and nssSO_4 ratio at the peak of size distribution was at nearly 0.1,which is higher than 0.2 over the Antarctic sea and at Syowa Station, and suggests their supply from a warmer low-latitude sea area.

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