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Contribution of sea surface carbon pool to organic matter enrichment in sea spray aerosol
Description: Here, researchers assess the relationship between the organic carbon content of sea water and freshly emitted sea spray aerosol in the presence and absence of plankton blooms in the North Atlantic Ocean and the coastal waters of California. The organic carbon content of freshly emitted sea spray aerosol was similar in all regions sampled, despite significant differences in seawater chlorophyll a levels. The proportion of freshly emitted aerosols that served as cloud condensation nuclei at a given supersaturation was also similar across sampling sites. [Source: Nature Geoscience]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2092
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Source: Nature Geoscience
Publish Date: 2/27/2014
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