Contribution of dissolved organic matter to submicron water-soluble organic  aerosols in the marine boundary layer over the eastern equatorial Pacific

Miyazaki, Yuzo; Coburn, Sean; Ono, Kaori; Ho, David T.; Pierce, R. Bradley; Kawamura, Kimitaka; Volkamer, Rainer

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7695-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7695-2016

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23 Jun 2016

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| 23 Jun 2016

Contribution of dissolved organic matter to submicron water-soluble organic aerosols in the marine boundary layer over the eastern equatorial Pacific

Yuzo Miyazaki, Sean Coburn, Kaori Ono, David T. Ho, R. Bradley Pierce, Kimitaka Kawamura, and Rainer Volkamer

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SC1: 'A short comment by Darius Ceburnis', Darius Ceburnis, 29 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Response', Yuzo Miyazaki, 25 May 2016
RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Response to referee#2 report', Yuzo Miyazaki, 25 May 2016
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Apr 2016
- AC3: 'Response to referee#1 report', Yuzo Miyazaki, 25 May 2016

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AR by Yuzo Miyazaki on behalf of the Authors (26 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Jun 2016) by Alexander Pszenny

AR by Yuzo Miyazaki on behalf of the Authors (07 Jun 2016)

Short summary

We conducted a WSOC-specific ¹³C analysis of submicron marine aerosols over the eastern equatorial Pacific for the first time. The analysis of ¹³C combined with monosaccharides provides evidence of a significant contribution of marine dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to submicron particles in the MBL regardless of the oceanic area. The study demonstrates that DOC is closely correlated with the submicron WSOC and implies that it may characterize background OA in the MBL over the study region.