Natural Marine Precursors Boost Continental New Particle Formation and Production of Cloud Condensation Nuclei

Robin Wollesen de Jonge; Carlton Xavier; Tinja Olenius; Jonas Elm; Carl Svenhag; Noora Hyttinen; Lars Nieradzik; Nina Sarnela; Adam Kristensson; Tuukka Petäjä; Mikael Ehn; Pontus Roldin

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Natural Marine Precursors Boost Continental New Particle Formation and Production of Cloud Condensation Nuclei

Robin Wollesen de Jonge^*, Carlton Xavier, Tinja Olenius, Jonas Elm, Carl Svenhag, Noora Hyttinen, Lars Nieradzik, Nina Sarnela, Adam Kristensson, Tuukka Petäjä, Mikael Ehn, Pontus Roldin

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Department of Chemistry

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Marine dimethyl sulfide (DMS) emissions are the dominant source of natural sulfur in the atmosphere. DMS oxidizes to produce low-volatility acids that potentially nucleate to form particles that may grow into climatically important cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). In this work, we utilize the chemistry transport model ADCHEM to demonstrate that DMS emissions are likely to contribute to the majority of CCN during the biological active period (May-August) at three different forest stations in the Nordic countries. DMS increases CCN concentrations by forming nucleation and Aitken mode particles over the ocean and land, which eventually grow into the accumulation mode by condensation of low-volatility organic compounds from continental vegetation. Our findings provide a new understanding of the exchange of marine precursors between the ocean and land, highlighting their influence as one of the dominant sources of CCN particles over the boreal forest.

Original language	English
Journal	Environmental Science & Technology
Volume	58
Issue	25
Pages (from-to)	10956-10968
Number of pages	13
ISSN	0013-936X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c01891
Publication status	Published - 25 Jun 2024

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dimethyl sulfide
modeling
new particle formation
phytoplankton
secondary aerosols

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de Jonge, R. W., Xavier, C., Olenius, T., Elm, J., Svenhag, C., Hyttinen, N., Nieradzik, L., Sarnela, N., Kristensson, A., Petäjä, T., Ehn, M., & Roldin, P. (2024). Natural Marine Precursors Boost Continental New Particle Formation and Production of Cloud Condensation Nuclei. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(25), 10956-10968. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c01891

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Natural Marine Precursors Boost Continental New Particle Formation and Production of Cloud Condensation Nuclei. / de Jonge, Robin Wollesen; Xavier, Carlton; Olenius, Tinja et al.
In: Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 58, No. 25, 25.06.2024, p. 10956-10968.

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