Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1937-2016
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1937-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
22 Feb 2016
Research article |
| 22 Feb 2016
Ammonia in the summertime Arctic marine boundary layer: sources, sinks, and implications
Gregory R. Wentworth
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St.
George Street, M5S 3H6, Toronto, Canada
Jennifer G. Murphy
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St.
George Street, M5S 3H6, Toronto, Canada
Betty Croft
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie
University, 6310 Coburg Road, B3H 4R2, Halifax, Canada
Randall V. Martin
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie
University, 6310 Coburg Road, B3H 4R2, Halifax, Canada
Jeffrey R. Pierce
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State
University, 3915 W. Laporte Ave., 80523, Fort Collins, USA
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie
University, 6310 Coburg Road, B3H 4R2, Halifax, Canada
Jean-Sébastien Côté
Department of Biology, Université Laval, 1045 avenue
de la Médicine, G1V 0A6, Québec City, Canada
Isabelle Courchesne
Department of Biology, Université Laval, 1045 avenue
de la Médicine, G1V 0A6, Québec City, Canada
Jean-Éric Tremblay
Department of Biology, Université Laval, 1045 avenue
de la Médicine, G1V 0A6, Québec City, Canada
Jonathan Gagnon
Department of Biology, Université Laval, 1045 avenue
de la Médicine, G1V 0A6, Québec City, Canada
Jennie L. Thomas
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06,
Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, Paris,
France
Sangeeta Sharma
Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, 4905
Dufferin Street, M3H 5T4, Toronto, Canada
Desiree Toom-Sauntry
Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, 4905
Dufferin Street, M3H 5T4, Toronto, Canada
Alina Chivulescu
Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, 4905
Dufferin Street, M3H 5T4, Toronto, Canada
Maurice Levasseur
Department of Biology, Université Laval, 1045 avenue
de la Médicine, G1V 0A6, Québec City, Canada
Jonathan P. D. Abbatt
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St.
George Street, M5S 3H6, Toronto, Canada
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Short summary
Air near the surface in the summertime Arctic is extremely clean and typically has very low concentrations of both gases and particles. However, atmospheric measurements taken throughout the Canadian Arctic in the summer of 2014 revealed higher-than-expected amounts of gaseous ammonia. It is likely the majority of this ammonia is coming from migratory seabird colonies throughout the Arctic. Seabird guano (dung) releases ammonia which could impact climate and sensitive Arctic ecosystems.
Air near the surface in the summertime Arctic is extremely clean and typically has very low...
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