DIMETHYLSULFIDE OXIDATION AND THE RATIO OF METHANESULFONATE TO NON SEA-SALT SULFATE IN THE MARINE AEROSOL

Authors
AYERS GP CAINEY JM GRANEK H LECK C
Citation
Gp. Ayers et al., DIMETHYLSULFIDE OXIDATION AND THE RATIO OF METHANESULFONATE TO NON SEA-SALT SULFATE IN THE MARINE AEROSOL, Journal of atmospheric chemistry, 25(3), 1996, pp. 307-325
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
Journal of atmospheric chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
01677764
Volume
25
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
307 - 325
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-7764(1996)25:3<307:DOATRO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A box model of DMS oxidation in the clean, low-NO, marine atmospheric boundary layer has been used to predict the latitude dependence of the aerosol methanesulfonate to non sea-salt sulfate ratio. The observed latitude dependence of this ratio in the Southern Hemisphere can be re produced reasonably well if the full suite of reactions proposed by Yi n ct al. (1990a) is employed, and a strong temperature dependence is s pecified in the rates of decomposition of CH3SO2 and CH3SO3 radicals.