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Gradient flux measurements at Mace Head
Darius Ceburnis, School of Physics, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Marine submicron aerosol sources, sinks and chemical fluxes
IGAC, Atmospheric Chemistry in the Anthropocene, 17-21 September 2012, Beijing
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Annual average dry SSA mass production flux as computed by several chemical transport andgeneral circulation models range over nearly 2 orders ofmagnitude. de Leeuw et al., 2011Textor et al., 2006.
Large discrepancies exist between different SS parameterisations
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West coast of Ireland is well positioned to study North Atlantic Ocean with dominant air masses passing over biologically active waters in summer while encountering many storms throughout the year.
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•Eddy covariance (EC) technique, relaxed eddy accumulation (REA) method, disjunct eddy covariance (DEC) method, all are not really suitable for aerosol chemistry due to required off-line chemical analysis and long sampling time.
•Production or removal processes create concentration gradient in the surface layer.
•Gradient flux method may offer an alternative method to estimate production and/or removal of chemical aerosol species.
How can we measure chemical How can we measure chemical fluxes?fluxes?
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Source
(e.g. ocean surface)
C*C*
production deposition
C*C*
Deposition to
flat/rough surface
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3m
10m
30m
PM1.0 sampler (Leckel PMX)
Pre-fired quartz filters
Samples were deployed for 7 days, but sampled different number of hours, depending on clean sector conditions
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Eddy covariance
w, Kz
PM1
Gradient samples
Chemical fluxes
Flux-gradient method block Flux-gradient method block diagramdiagram
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zz dz
dcKF
tK wz 2
2
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45
concentration
height
Fzfc )(
Gradient transport theory or K-theory
Ceburnis et al., 2008 GRL
Concentration gradients can be positive as well as negative
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Un-biased turbulence is a key in determining realistic fluxes
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Primary fluxes – Sea Salt and Sea Spray
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Combined evidence suggests that marine OM is largely insoluble at the origin (sea spray production) only to be removed after being aged (oxidised to become water soluble).
Organic matter fluxes – WIOM vs WSOM
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Data broadly agree with the idea proposed by Gantt et Data broadly agree with the idea proposed by Gantt et al. 2011 that OM enrichment is a combined product of al. 2011 that OM enrichment is a combined product of biological activity and wind speed albeit of unknown biological activity and wind speed albeit of unknown proportions.proportions.
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Comparison of the most recent sea salt parameterisations
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Acknowledgements
J. Keane-Brennan, J. Ovadnevaite, G. Martucci, C.D. O’Dowd, National University of Ireland Galway
M. Rinaldi, M.C. Facchini, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, C.N.R. Bologna
Science Foundation Ireland, EPA Ireland, ESA and SOLAS are acknowledged for funding.
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