| Titolo | Primary submicron marine aerosol dominated by insoluble organic colloids and aggregates |
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| Tipo di pubblicazione | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Anno di Pubblicazione | 2008 |
| Autori | Facchini, M.C., Rinaldi M., Decesari S., Carbone C., Finessi E., Mircea Mihaela, Fuzzi S., Ceburnis D., Flanagan R., Nilsson E.D., De Leeuw G., Martino Manuela, Woeltjen J., and O'Dowd C.D. |
| Rivista | Geophysical Research Letters |
| Volume | 35 |
| ISSN | 00948276 |
| Parole chiave | aerosol, Aerosol particles, Aerosols, Agglomeration, aggregate, Aggregates, Algae control, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (North), Atmospheric aerosols, Biological activities, bubble, Bubble bursting, Chemical properties, chemical property, colloid, Colloid chemistry, Colloids, Different sizes, Marine aerosols, Marine particles, North atlantic, Oceanic waters, Organic colloids, organic compounds, Organic materials, organic matter, Organic matters, Particle diameters, Phytoplankton, Phytoplankton blooms, Salt contents, sea salt, Sea waters, Size dependents, Solubility, Spray particles, Sub microns, surface tension, Tension properties, water content |
| Abstract | The chemical properties of sea-spray aerosol particles produced by artificially generated bubbles using oceanic waters were investigated during a phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic. Spray particles exhibited a progressive increase in the organic matter (OM) content from 3 ± 0.4% up to 77 ± 5% with decreasing particle diameter from 8 to 0.125 μm. Submicron OM was almost entirely water insoluble (WIOM) and consisted of colloids and aggregates exuded by phytoplankton. Our observations indicate that size dependent transfer of sea water organic material to primary marine particles is mainly controlled by the solubility and surface tension properties of marine OM. The pattern of WIOM and sea-salt content in the different size intervals observed in bubble bursting experiments is similar to that measured in atmospheric marine aerosol samples collected during periods of high biological activity. The results point to a WIOM/sea-salt fingerprint associated with submicron primary marine aerosol production in biologically rich waters. Copyright 2008 by the American Geophysical Union. |
| Note | cited By 170 |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-55449122901&doi=10.1029%2f2008GL034210&partnerID=40&md5=fd0b15ec59472f2e28c838cdfd84177f |
| DOI | 10.1029/2008GL034210 |
| Citation Key | Facchini2008 |
