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Research article
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30 Mar 2020
Research article |
| 30 Mar 2020
| 30 Mar 2020
Aerosol hygroscopicity and its link to chemical composition in the coastal atmosphere of Mace Head: marine and continental air masses
School of Physics, Ryan Institute's Centre for Climate and Air
Pollution Studies, and Marine Renewable Energy Ireland, National University
of Ireland Galway, University Road, H91 CF50 Galway, Ireland
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, and Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, 710061 Xi'an, China
Jurgita Ovadnevaite
School of Physics, Ryan Institute's Centre for Climate and Air
Pollution Studies, and Marine Renewable Energy Ireland, National University
of Ireland Galway, University Road, H91 CF50 Galway, Ireland
Kirsten N. Fossum
School of Physics, Ryan Institute's Centre for Climate and Air
Pollution Studies, and Marine Renewable Energy Ireland, National University
of Ireland Galway, University Road, H91 CF50 Galway, Ireland
Chunshui Lin
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, and Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, 710061 Xi'an, China
Ru-Jin Huang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for
Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, and Key Laboratory of
Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, 710061 Xi'an, China
Open Studio for Oceanic-Continental Climate and Environment Changes,
Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao),
266061 Qingdao, China
Colin O'Dowd
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Physics, Ryan Institute's Centre for Climate and Air
Pollution Studies, and Marine Renewable Energy Ireland, National University
of Ireland Galway, University Road, H91 CF50 Galway, Ireland
Darius Ceburnis
School of Physics, Ryan Institute's Centre for Climate and Air
Pollution Studies, and Marine Renewable Energy Ireland, National University
of Ireland Galway, University Road, H91 CF50 Galway, Ireland
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A humidified tandem differential mobility analyser (HTDMA) and a high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) were simultaneously deployed during winter at Mace Head observatory to characterise the hygroscopicity of marine aerosols and their link to chemical composition. Good agreement was generally found between measured and estimated growth factors. A significant degree of external mixing was found in all air masses manifesting primary and secondary sources.
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