Aerosol arriving on the Caribbean island of Barbados: physical properties and origin

Wex, Heike; Dieckmann, Katrin; Roberts, Greg C.; Conrath, Thomas; Izaguirre, Miguel A.; Hartmann, Susan; Herenz, Paul; Schäfer, Michael; Ditas, Florian; Schmeissner, Tina; Henning, Silvia; Wehner, Birgit; Siebert, Holger; Stratmann, Frank

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14107-2016

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15 Nov 2016

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| 15 Nov 2016

Aerosol arriving on the Caribbean island of Barbados: physical properties and origin

Heike Wex, Katrin Dieckmann, Greg C. Roberts, Thomas Conrath, Miguel A. Izaguirre, Susan Hartmann, Paul Herenz, Michael Schäfer, Florian Ditas, Tina Schmeissner, Silvia Henning, Birgit Wehner, Holger Siebert, and Frank Stratmann

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RC1: 'Review of "Aerosol arriving on the Caribbean island of Barbados: physical properties and origin"', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 May 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Heike Wex, 16 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review of “Aerosol arriving on the Caribbean island of Barbados: Physical properties and origin” by Wex et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Answer to Referee 2', Heike Wex, 16 Sep 2016
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 14 Jun 2016
- AC3: 'Answer to Referee 3', Heike Wex, 16 Sep 2016

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AR by Heike Wex on behalf of the Authors (27 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (18 Oct 2016) by Bernadett Weinzierl

AR by Heike Wex on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Aerosol arriving in the eastern Caribbean after passing the Atlantic is characterized, based on ground-based and airborne measurements. We describe the repetitive occurrence of three different types of air masses and relate them to their origin from either Africa or the Atlantic and also draw conclusions about the particle composition. The length of the data series is unprecedented. By a comparison with other studies, we also suggest that the organic fraction in the aerosol depends on season.