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Research article
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10 Feb 2021
Research article |
| 10 Feb 2021
| 10 Feb 2021
Factors controlling marine aerosol size distributions and their climate effects over the northwest Atlantic Ocean region
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Randall V. Martin
McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Richard H. Moore
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Luke D. Ziemba
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Ewan C. Crosbie
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA
Hongyu Liu
National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA, USA
Lynn M. Russell
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Georges Saliba
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Armin Wisthaler
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033 – Blindern, 0315 Oslo, Norway
Markus Müller
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Arne Schiller
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Martí Galí
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
Rachel Y.-W. Chang
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Erin E. McDuffie
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
Kelsey R. Bilsback
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Jeffrey R. Pierce
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Short summary
North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study measurements combined with GEOS-Chem-TOMAS modeling suggest that several not-well-understood key factors control northwest Atlantic aerosol number and size. These synergetic and climate-relevant factors include particle formation near and above the marine boundary layer top, particle growth by marine secondary organic aerosol on descent, particle formation/growth related to dimethyl sulfide, sea spray aerosol, and ship emissions.
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