Source apportionment of the organic aerosol over the Atlantic Ocean from 53°&thinsp;N to 53°&thinsp;S: significant contributions from marine emissions and long-range transport

Huang, Shan; Wu, Zhijun; Poulain, Laurent; van Pinxteren, Manuela; Merkel, Maik; Assmann, Denise; Herrmann, Hartmut; Wiedensohler, Alfred

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-18043-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-18043-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-18043-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 24

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19 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 19 Dec 2018

Source apportionment of the organic aerosol over the Atlantic Ocean from 53° N to 53° S: significant contributions from marine emissions and long-range transport

Shan Huang, Zhijun Wu, Laurent Poulain, Manuela van Pinxteren, Maik Merkel, Denise Assmann, Hartmut Herrmann, and Alfred Wiedensohler

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AR by Shan Huang on behalf of the Authors (18 Oct 2018) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Oct 2018) by Jason Surratt

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (03 Nov 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (05 Nov 2018) by Jason Surratt

AR by Shan Huang on behalf of the Authors (15 Nov 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Dec 2018) by Jason Surratt

AR by Shan Huang on behalf of the Authors (05 Dec 2018) Author's response Manuscript

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The Atlantic aerosols are characterized based on high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) measurements during four open-ocean cruises. This unique data set provides the latitudinal distribution of source contributions of organic aerosols (OAs) over the Atlantic Ocean, showing that marine sources could control the OA formation over the South Atlantic, while strong continental influence was found near Africa and Europe.