GIANT SULFUR-DOMINANT PARTICLES IN REMOTE MARINE BOUNDARY-LAYER

Authors
MOURI H OKADA K TAKAHASHI S
Citation
H. Mouri et al., GIANT SULFUR-DOMINANT PARTICLES IN REMOTE MARINE BOUNDARY-LAYER, Geophysical research letters, 22(5), 1995, pp. 595-598
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
22
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
595 - 598
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1995)22:5<595:GSPIRM>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
This letter reports the finding of giant aerosol particles (with radii greater than 1 mu m) composed mainly of sulfur over the equatorial Pa cific Ocean. The sample also contains many modified sea-salt particles . Since the air mass had been over the open sea for more than 10 days, these giant sulfur-dominant particles may have been formed in the mar ine boundary layer or transported from the free troposphere.