Sea salt aerosols as a reactive surface for inorganic and organic acidic gases in the Arctic troposphere

Chi, J. W.; Li, W. J.; Zhang, D. Z.; Zhang, J. C.; Lin, Y. T.; Shen, X. J.; Sun, J. Y.; Chen, J. M.; Zhang, X. Y.; Zhang, Y. M.; Wang, W. X.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11341-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11341-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11341-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 19

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12 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 12 Oct 2015

Sea salt aerosols as a reactive surface for inorganic and organic acidic gases in the Arctic troposphere

J. W. Chi, W. J. Li, D. Z. Zhang, J. C. Zhang, Y. T. Lin, X. J. Shen, J. Y. Sun, J. M. Chen, X. Y. Zhang, Y. M. Zhang, and W. X. Wang

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RC C4986: 'Reviewer comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Jul 2015
- AC C6949: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Weijun Li, 17 Sep 2015
RC C5263: 'review', Mingjin Tang, 27 Jul 2015
- AC C6950: 'Reply to Dr. Tang's comments.', Weijun Li, 17 Sep 2015

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AR by Weijun Li on behalf of the Authors (17 Sep 2015) Author's response Manuscript

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RR by Mingjin Tang (26 Sep 2015)

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Sep 2015) by Manabu Shiraiwa

AR by Weijun Li on behalf of the Authors (03 Oct 2015) Author's response Manuscript

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Sea salt aerosols (SSA) are dominant particles in the Arctic atmosphere. Our result suggests that the hydrophilic MgCl2 coating in fresh SSA likely intrigued the heterogeneous reactions at the beginning of SSA and acidic gases in the Arctic. The content of organic matter increased in the aged SSA compared with the fresh SSA, which suggests organic acids (beside inorganic acids) participate in the ageing of SSA in the Arctic.