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Abundant water-soluble calcium coatings on fine Asian dust particles
Tafeng Hu
State Key Laboratory of Loess Science, National Observation and Research Station of Regional Ecological Environment Change and Comprehensive Management in the Guanzhong Plain, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Niu Jin
School of Resources and Environment, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
Yingpan Song
State Key Laboratory of Loess Science, National Observation and Research Station of Regional Ecological Environment Change and Comprehensive Management in the Guanzhong Plain, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Feng Wu
State Key Laboratory of Loess Science, National Observation and Research Station of Regional Ecological Environment Change and Comprehensive Management in the Guanzhong Plain, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Jing Duan
State Key Laboratory of Loess Science, National Observation and Research Station of Regional Ecological Environment Change and Comprehensive Management in the Guanzhong Plain, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Yuqing Zhu
State Key Laboratory of Loess Science, National Observation and Research Station of Regional Ecological Environment Change and Comprehensive Management in the Guanzhong Plain, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Hong Huang
School of Resources and Environment, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
Yu Huang
State Key Laboratory of Loess Science, National Observation and Research Station of Regional Ecological Environment Change and Comprehensive Management in the Guanzhong Plain, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Junji Cao
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Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Faculty of Environmental and Symbiotic Sciences, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto 862-8502, Japan
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The dissolution behavior and climate impact of atmospheric calcium dust are governed by its size-resolved mineralogy. Our analysis of Asian dust reveals that a significant fraction of water-soluble calcium originates from calcite and gypsum present as soluble coatings on other dust particles. This specific mixing state facilitates rapid dissolution during atmospheric processing and constrains the role of Asian dust in atmospheric acid neutralization and the mitigation of ocean acidification.
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