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    Size distribution and chemical composition of marine aerosols: a compilation and review

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    J. Heintzenberg ,

    Institute for Tropospheric Research, DE
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    D. C. Covert,

    University of Washington, US
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    R. van Dingenen

    European Commission, Joint Research Center, IT
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    Abstract

    Some 30 years of physical and chemical marine aerosol data are reviewed to derive global-size distribution parameters and inorganic particle composition on a coarse 15°×15° grid. There are large gaps in geographical and seasonal coverage and chemical and physical aerosol characterisation. About 28% of the grid cells contain physical data while there are compositional data in some 60% of the cells. The size distribution data were parametrized in terms of 2 submicrometer log-normal distributions. The sparseness of the data did not allow zonal differentiation of the distributions. By segregating the chemical data according to the major aerosol sources, sea salt, dimethylsulfide, crustal material, combustion processes and other anthropogenic sources, much information on mass concentrations and contribution of natural and anthropogenic sources to the marine aerosol can be gleaned from the data base. There are significant meridional differences in the contributions of the different sources to the marine aerosol. Very clearly, we see though that the global marine surface atmosphere is polluted by anthropogenic sulfur. Only in the case of sulfur components did the coverage allow the presentation of very coarse seasonal distributions which reflect the spring blooms in the appropriate parts of the oceans. As an example of the potential value in comparing the marine aerosol data base to chemical transport models, global seasonal meridional MSA distributions were compared to modelled MSA distributions. The general good agreement in mass concentrations is encouraging while some latitudinal discrepancies warrant further investigations covering other aerosol components such as black carbon and metals.

    How to Cite: Heintzenberg, J., Covert, D.C. and van Dingenen, R., 2000. Size distribution and chemical composition of marine aerosols: a compilation and review. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 52(4), pp.1104–1122. DOI: http://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v52i4.17090
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     Accepted on 10 Feb 2000            Submitted on 21 Sep 1999

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