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    Important contributions of sea-salt aerosols to atmospheric bromine cycle in the Antarctic coasts

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    Hara, K.
    Osada, K.
    Yabuki, M.
    Takashima, H.
    Theys, N.
    Yamanouchi, T.
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    Discipline
    Earth and related Environmental sciences
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2018
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    Polar sunrise activates reactive bromine (BrOx) cycle on the Antarctic coasts. BrOx chemistry relates to depletion of O3 and Hg in polar regions. Earlier studies have indicated “blowing snow” as a source of atmospheric BrOx. However, surface O3 depletion and BrO enhancement occurs rarely under blowing snow conditions at Syowa Station, Antarctica. Therefore, trigger processes for BrOx activation other than the heterogeneous reactions on blowing snow particles must be considered. Results of this study show that enhancement of sea-salt aerosols (SSA) and heterogeneous reactions on SSA are the main key processes for atmospheric BrOx cycle activation. Blowing snow had Br− enrichment, in contrast to strong Br− depletion in SSA. In-situ aerosol measurements and satellite BrO measurements demonstrated clearly that a BrO plume appeared simultaneously in SSA enhancement near the surface. Results show that surface O3 depletion at Syowa Station occurred in aerosol enhancement because of SSA dispersion during the polar sunrise. Amounts of depleted Br− from SSA were matched well to the tropospheric vertical column density of BrO and BrOx concentrations found in earlier work. Our results indicate that SSA enhancement by strong winds engenders activation of atmospheric BrOx cycles via heterogeneous reactions on SSA.
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    Hara, K.; Osada, K.; Yabuki, M.; Takashima, H.; Theys, N.; Yamanouchi, T. (2018). Important contributions of sea-salt aerosols to atmospheric bromine cycle in the Antarctic coasts. , Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, A13852, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32287-4.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/7075
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32287-4
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    Article
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    Language
    eng
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