Articles | Volume 20, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12515-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12515-2020
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01 Nov 2020
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Large contribution of organics to condensational growth and formation of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) in the remote marine boundary layer

Guangjie Zheng, Chongai Kuang, Janek Uin, Thomas Watson, and Jian Wang

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Condensational growth of Aitken-mode particles is a major source of cloud condensation nuclei in the remote marine boundary layer. It has been long thought that over remote oceans, condensation growth is dominated by sulfate that derives from ocean-emitted dimethyl sulfide. In this study, we present the first long-term observational evidence that, contrary to conventional thinking, organics play an even more important role than sulfate in particle growth over remote oceans throughout the year.
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