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24 Nov 2017
Research article |
| 24 Nov 2017
Year-round record of bulk and size-segregated aerosol composition in central Antarctica (Concordia site) – Part 2: Biogenic sulfur (sulfate and methanesulfonate) aerosol
Michel Legrand
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), Grenoble, 38402, France
CNRS, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), Grenoble, 38402, France
Susanne Preunkert
Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), Grenoble, 38402, France
CNRS, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), Grenoble, 38402, France
Rolf Weller
Alfred Wegener Institut für Polar und Meeresforschung,
Bremerhaven, 27570, Germany
Lars Zipf
Institut für Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg,
69120, Germany
Christoph Elsässer
Institut für Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg,
69120, Germany
Silke Merchel
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden, 01328,
Germany
Georg Rugel
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden, 01328,
Germany
Dietmar Wagenbach
Institut für Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg,
69120, Germany
deceased, December 2014
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Levels of MSA and sulfate at inland Antarctica are documented from multiple year-round records of bulk and size-segregated aerosol samplings. A striking difference in the seasonality of sulfur aerosol composition, characterized by a MSA to nssSO4 ratio reaching a minimum in summer over the Antarctic plateau (0.05) and a maximum at the coast (up to 0.40), is clearly established. An efficient chemical destruction of MSA is suggested to take place over the Antarctic plateau in summer.
Levels of MSA and sulfate at inland Antarctica are documented from multiple year-round records...
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