Tracing the evolution of morphology and mixing state of soot particles along with the movement of an Asian dust storm

Xu, Liang; Fukushima, Satoshi; Sobanska, Sophie; Murata, Kotaro; Naganuma, Ayumi; Liu, Lei; Wang, Yuanyuan; Niu, Hongya; Shi, Zongbo; Kojima, Tomoko; Zhang, Daizhou; Li, Weijun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14321-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14321-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14321-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 22

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24 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 24 Nov 2020

Tracing the evolution of morphology and mixing state of soot particles along with the movement of an Asian dust storm

Liang Xu, Satoshi Fukushima, Sophie Sobanska, Kotaro Murata, Ayumi Naganuma, Lei Liu, Yuanyuan Wang, Hongya Niu, Zongbo Shi, Tomoko Kojima, Daizhou Zhang, and Weijun Li

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We quantified the mixing structures of soot particles and found that the dominant mixing structure changed from fresh to partially embedded to fully embedded along the pathway of an Asian dust storm from eastern China to Japan. Soot particles became more compact following transport. Our findings not only provide direct evidence for soot aging during regional transport but also help us understand how their morphology changes in different air environments.