Long-range transport of anthropogenic air pollutants into the marine air: insight into fine particle transport and chloride depletion on sea salts
<p>Long-range transport of anthropogenic air pollutants from East Asia can affect the downwind marine air quality during spring and winter. Long-range transport of continental air pollutants and their interaction with sea salt aerosol (SSA) significantly modify the radiative forcing of marine...
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Copernicus Publications
2021
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| Sumario: | <p>Long-range transport of anthropogenic air pollutants from East Asia can affect the downwind marine air quality during spring and winter. Long-range
transport of continental air pollutants and their interaction with sea salt
aerosol (SSA) significantly modify the radiative forcing of marine aerosols and influence ocean biogeochemical cycling. Previous studies poorly
characterize variations of aerosol particles along with air mass transport
from the continental edge to the remote ocean. Here, the research ship R/V
<i>Dongfanghong 2</i> traveled from the eastern China seas (ECS) to the northwestern Pacific Ocean (NWPO) to understand what and how air pollutants were transported from the highly polluted continental air to clean marine
air in spring. A transmission electron microscope (TEM) was used to find the
long-range transported anthropogenic particles and the possible Cl-depletion
phenomenon of SSA in marine air. Anthropogenic aerosols (e.g., sulfur
(S)-rich, S-soot, S-metal/fly ash, organic matter (OM)-S, and OM coating particles) were identified and dramatically declined from 87 % to 8 % by number from the ECS to remote NWPO. For the SSA aging, 87 % of SSA
particles in the ECS were identified as fully aged, while the proportion of
fully aged SSA particles in the NWPO decreased to 29 %. Our results
highlight that anthropogenic acidic gases in the troposphere (e.g.,
SO<span class="inline-formula"><sub>2</sub></span>, NO<span class="inline-formula"><sub><i>x</i></sub></span>, and volatile organic compounds) could be transported to
remote marine air and exert a significant impact on aging of SSA particles
in the NWPO. The study shows that anthropogenic particles and gases from
East Asia significantly perturb different aerosol chemistry from coastal to
remote marine air. More attention should be given to the modification of SSA
particles in remote marine areas due to the influence of anthropogenic
gaseous pollutants.</p> |
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