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Research article
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23 Jul 2018
Research article |
| 23 Jul 2018
| 23 Jul 2018
African volcanic emissions influencing atmospheric aerosols over the Amazon rain forest
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Florian Ditas
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Marloes Penning de Vries
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Bruna A. Holanda
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Mira L. Pöhlker
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Samara Carbone
Department of Applied Physics, Institute of Physics, University of
São Paulo (USP), Rua do Matão, Travessa R, 187, CEP 05508-900,
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Institute of Agrarian Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia,
Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
David Walter
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Nicole Bobrowski
Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg,
Heidelberg, Germany
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Joel Brito
Department of Applied Physics, Institute of Physics, University of
São Paulo (USP), Rua do Matão, Travessa R, 187, CEP 05508-900,
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Laboratory for Meteorological Physics, Université Clermont
Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Xuguang Chi
Institute for Climate and Global Change Research & School of
Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
Alexandra Gutmann
Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Isabella Hrabe de Angelis
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Luiz A. T. Machado
Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil
Daniel Moran-Zuloaga
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Julian Rüdiger
Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Bayreuth,
Dr.-Hans-Frisch-Straße 1–3, 95448 Bayreuth, Germany
Johannes Schneider
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Christiane Schulz
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Qiaoqiao Wang
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University,
Guangzhou, 511443, China
Manfred Wendisch
Leipziger Institut für Meteorologie (LIM), Universität
Leipzig, Stephanstr. 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Paulo Artaxo
Department of Applied Physics, Institute of Physics, University of
São Paulo (USP), Rua do Matão, Travessa R, 187, CEP 05508-900,
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Thomas Wagner
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Ulrich Pöschl
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Meinrat O. Andreae
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San
Diego, La Jolla, CA 92098, USA
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry
Departments, and Satellite Research Group, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
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Short summary
This study uses satellite observations to track volcanic emissions in eastern Congo and their subsequent transport across the Atlantic Ocean into the Amazon Basin. Aircraft and ground-based observations are used to characterize the influence of volcanogenic aerosol on the chemical and microphysical properties of Amazonian aerosols. Further, this work is an illustrative example of the conditions and dynamics driving the transatlantic transport of African emissions to South America.
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