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Origin of water-soluble organic aerosols at the Maido high-altitude observatory, Reunion Island, in the tropical Indian Ocean

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Title: Origin of water-soluble organic aerosols at the Maido high-altitude observatory, Reunion Island, in the tropical Indian Ocean
Authors: Simu, Sharmine Akter Browse this author
Miyazaki, Yuzo Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Tachibana, Eri Browse this author
Finkenzeller, Henning Browse this author
Brioude, Jerome Browse this author
Colomb, Aurelie Browse this author
Magand, Olivier Browse this author
Verreyken, Bert Browse this author
Evan, Stephanie Browse this author
Volkamer, Rainer Browse this author
Stavrakou, Trissevgeni Browse this author
Issue Date: 24-Nov-2021
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
Journal Title: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Volume: 21
Issue: 22
Start Page: 17017
End Page: 17029
Publisher DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-17017-2021
Abstract: The tropical and subtropical Indian Ocean (IO) is expected to be a significant source of water-soluble organic aerosols (WSOAs), which are important factors relevant to cloud formation of aerosol particles. Current atmospheric numerical models significantly underestimate the budget of organic aerosols and their precursors, especially over tropical oceans. This is primarily due to poor knowledge of sources and the paucity of observations of these parameters considering spatial and temporal variation over the tropical open ocean. To evaluate the contribution of sources to WSOA as well as their formation processes, submicrometer aerosol sampling was conducted at the high-altitude Maido observatory (21.1 degrees S, 55.4 degrees E; 2160ma.s.l.), located on the remote island of La Reunion in the southwest IO. The aerosol samples were continuously collected during local daytime and nighttime, which corresponded to the ambient conditions of the marine boundary layer (MBL) and free troposphere (FT), respectively, from 15 March to 24 May 2018. Chemical analysis showed that organic matter was the dominant component of submicrometer water-soluble aerosol (similar to 45 +/- 17 %) during the wet season (15 March-23 April). On the other hand, sulfate dominated (similar to 77 +/- 17 %) during the dry season (24 April-24 May), most of which was attributable to the effect of volcanic eruption. Measurements of the stable carbon isotope ratio of water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) suggested that marine sources contributed significantly to the observed WSOC mass in both the MBL and the FT in the wet season, whereas a mixture of marine and terrestrial sources contributed to WSOC in the dry season. The distinct seasonal changes in the dominant source of WSOC were also supported by Lagrangian trajectory analysis. Positive matrix factorization analysis suggested that marine secondary organic aerosol (OA) dominantly contributed to the observed WSOC mass (similar to 70 %) during the wet season, whereas mixtures of marine and terrestrial sources contributed during the dry season in both MBL and FT. Overall, this study demonstrates that the effect of marine secondary sources is likely important up to the FT in the wet season, which may affect cloud formation as well as direct radiative forcing over oceanic regions.
Type: article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/83621
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