Articles | Volume 20, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2549-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2549-2020
Research article
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02 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 02 Mar 2020

First direct observation of sea salt aerosol production from blowing snow above sea ice

Markus M. Frey, Sarah J. Norris, Ian M. Brooks, Philip S. Anderson, Kouichi Nishimura, Xin Yang, Anna E. Jones, Michelle G. Nerentorp Mastromonaco, David H. Jones, and Eric W. Wolff

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A winter sea ice expedition to Antarctica provided the first direct observations of sea salt aerosol (SSA) production during snow storms above sea ice, thereby validating a model hypothesis to account for winter time SSA maxima in Antarctica not explained otherwise. Defining SSA sources is important given the critical roles that aerosol plays for climate, for air quality and as a potential ice core proxy for sea ice conditions in the past.
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