Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3137-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3137-2019
Research article
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12 Mar 2019
Research article |  | 12 Mar 2019

The potential role of methanesulfonic acid (MSA) in aerosol formation and growth and the associated radiative forcings

Anna L. Hodshire, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, John K. Kodros, Betty Croft, Benjamin A. Nault, Jason C. Schroder, Jose L. Jimenez, and Jeffrey R. Pierce

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A global chemical-transport model is used to determine the impact of methanesulfonic acid (MSA) on the aerosol size distribution and associated radiative effects, testing varying assumptions of MSA’s effective volatility and nucleating ability. We find that MSA mass best matches the ATom airborne measurements when volatility varies as a function of temperature, relative humidity, and available gas-phase bases, and the MSA radiative forcing is on the order of -50 mW m-2 over the Southern Ocean.
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