Sea salt emission, transport and influence on size-segregated nitrate
simulation: a case study in northwestern Europe by WRF-Chem

Chen, Ying; Cheng, Yafang; Ma, Nan; Wolke, Ralf; Nordmann, Stephan; Schüttauf, Stephanie; Ran, Liang; Wehner, Birgit; Birmili, Wolfram; van der Gon, Hugo A. C. Denier; Mu, Qing; Barthel, Stefan; Spindler, Gerald; Stieger, Bastian; Müller, Konrad; Zheng, Guang-Jie; Pöschl, Ulrich; Su, Hang; Wiedensohler, Alfred

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12081-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12081-2016

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27 Sep 2016

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| 27 Sep 2016

Sea salt emission, transport and influence on size-segregated nitrate simulation: a case study in northwestern Europe by WRF-Chem

Ying Chen, Yafang Cheng, Nan Ma, Ralf Wolke, Stephan Nordmann, Stephanie Schüttauf, Liang Ran, Birgit Wehner, Wolfram Birmili, Hugo A. C. Denier van der Gon, Qing Mu, Stefan Barthel, Gerald Spindler, Bastian Stieger, Konrad Müller, Guang-Jie Zheng, Ulrich Pöschl, Hang Su, and Alfred Wiedensohler

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RC1: 'Reviewers Commt on "Sea salt emission, transportation and influence on nitrate simulation: a case study in Europe"', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 May 2016
- AC1: 'Response to comments of referee #1', YING CHEN, 18 Aug 2016
RC2: 'Reviewers comment on "Sea salt emission, transportation and influence on nitrate simulation: a case study in Europe"', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Response to comments of referee #2', YING CHEN, 18 Aug 2016
RC3: 'Review of “Sea salt emission, transportation and influence on nitrate simulation: a case study in Europe” by Ying Chen et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 28 Jun 2016
- AC3: 'Response to comments of referee #3', YING CHEN, 18 Aug 2016

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AR by Ying Chen on behalf of the Authors (18 Aug 2016)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Aug 2016) by Ari Laaksonen

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (11 Sep 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (12 Sep 2016)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (12 Sep 2016) by Ari Laaksonen

AR by Ying Chen on behalf of the Authors (14 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (17 Sep 2016) by Ari Laaksonen

AR by Ying Chen on behalf of the Authors (18 Sep 2016)

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Sea salt aerosol (SSA) is important for primary and secondary aerosols on a global scale. During 10–20 September 2013, the SSA mass concentration was overestimated by a factor of 8–20 over central Europe by WRF-Chem model, stem from the uncertainty of its emission scheme. This could facilitate the coarse-mode nitrate formation (~ 140 % but inhibit the fine-mode nitrate formation (~−20 %). A special long-range transport mechanism could broaden this influence of SSA to a larger downwind region.