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Large seasonal and interannual variations of biogenic sulfur compounds in the Arctic atmosphere (Svalbard; 78.9°N, 11.9°E)

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Title
Large seasonal and interannual variations of biogenic sulfur compounds in the Arctic atmosphere (Svalbard; 78.9°N, 11.9°E)
Other Titles
북극 대기 중 생물기원 황 화합물들의 큰 계절 및 경년변화
Authors
Jang, Sehyun
Park, Ki-Tae
Lee, Kitack
Yoon, Young Jun
Kim, Kitae
Chung, Hyun Young
Jang, Eunho
Becagli, Silvia
Lee, Bang Yong
Traversi, Rita
Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos
Krejci, Radovan
Hermansen, Ove
Subject
Environmental Sciences & EcologyMeteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Keywords
METHANE SULFONIC-ACIDAEROSOL BLACK CARBONSEA-SALT SULFATEDIMETHYL SULFIDEMETHANESULFONIC-ACIDPARTICLE FORMATIONBOUNDARY-LAYEROCEANMSADMS
Issue Date
2021-06-29
Citation
Jang, Sehyun, et al. 2021. "Large seasonal and interannual variations of biogenic sulfur compounds in the Arctic atmosphere (Svalbard; 78.9°N, 11.9°E)". ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 21(12): 9761-9777.
Abstract
Seasonal to interannual variations in the concentrations of sulfur aerosols (< 2.5 mu m in diameter; non seasalt sulfate: NSS-SO42-; anthropogenic sulfate: Anth-SO42-; biogenic sulfate: Bio-SO42-; methanesulfonic acid: MSA) in the Arctic atmosphere were investigated using measurements of the chemical composition of aerosols collected at Ny-angstrom lesund, Svalbard (78.9 degrees N, 11.9 degrees E) from 2015 to 2019. In all measurement years the concentration of NSS-SO42- was highest during the pre-bloom period and rapidly decreased towards summer. During the pre-bloom period we found a strong correlation between NSS-SO42- (sum of Anth-SO42- and Bio-SO42-) and Anth-SO42- . This was because more than 50 % of the NSS-SO(4)(2-)measured during this period was Anth-SO42- , which originated in northern Europe and was subsequently transported to the Arctic in Arctic haze. Unexpected increases in the concentration of Bio-SO42- aerosols (an oxidation product of dimethylsulfide: DMS) were occasionally found during the pre-bloom period. These probably originated in regions to the south (the North Atlantic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea) rather than in ocean areas in the proximity of Ny-angstrom lesund. Another oxidation product of DMS is MSA, and the ratio of MSA to Bio-SO42- is extensively used to estimate the total amount of DMS-derived aerosol particles in remote marine environments. The concentration of MSA during the pre-bloom period remained low, primarily because of the greater loss of MSA relative to Bio-SO42- and the suppression of condensation of gaseous MSA onto particles already present in air masses being transported northwards from distant ocean source regions (existing particles). In addition, the low light intensity during the pre-bloom period resulted in a low concentration of photo-chemically activated oxidant species including OH radicals and BrO; these conditions favored the oxidation pathway of DMS to Bio-SO42- rather than to MSA, which acted to lower the MSA concentration at Ny-angstrom lesund. The concentration of MSA peaked in May or June and was positively correlated with phytoplankton biomass in the Greenland and Barents seas around Svalbard. As a result, the mean ratio of MSA to the DMS-derived aerosols was low (0.09 +/- 0.07) in the pre-bloom period but high (0.32 +/- 0.15) in the bloom and post-bloom periods. There was large interannual variability in the ratio of MSA to Bio-SO42- (i.e., 0.24 +/- 0.11 in 2017, 0.40 +/- 0.14 in 2018, and 0.36 +/- 0.14 in 2019) during the bloom and post-bloom periods. This was probably associated with changes in the chemical properties of existing particles, biological activities surrounding the observation site, and air mass transport patterns. Our results indicate that MSA is not a conservative tracer for predicting DMS-derived particles, and the contribution of MSA to the growth of newly formed particles may be much larger during the bloom and post-bloom periods than during the pre-bloom period.
URI
https://repository.kopri.re.kr/handle/201206/12963
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9761-2021
Type
Article
Station
Dasan Station
Indexed
SCIE
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2021-2021, Interrelationship Investigation and Comprehensive Monitoring based on Permafrost-Atmospheric Environment (21-21) / Lee, Bang Yong (PN21011)
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