A numerical framework for simulating the atmospheric variability of supermicron marine biogenic ice nucleating particles
Abstract
We present a framework for estimating concentrations of episodically elevated high-temperature marine ice nucleating particles (INPs) in the sea surface microlayer and their subsequent emission into the atmospheric boundary layer. These episodic INPs have been observed in multiple ship-based and coastal field campaigns, but the processes controlling their ocean concentrations and transfer to the atmosphere are not yet fully understood. We use a combination of empirical constraints and simulation outputs from an Earth system model to explore different hypotheses for explaining the variability of INP concentrations, and the occurrence of episodic INPs, in the marine atmosphere. In our calculations, we examine the following two proposed oceanic sources of high-temperature INPs: heterotrophic bacteria and marine biopolymer aggregates (MBPAs). Furthermore, we assume that the emission of these INPs is determined by the production of supermicron sea spray aerosol formed from jet drops, with an entrainment probability that is described by Poisson statistics. The concentration of jet drops is derived from the number concentration of supermicron sea spray aerosol calculated from model runs. We then derive the resulting number concentrations of marine high-temperature INPs (at 253 K) in the atmospheric boundary layer and compare their variability to atmospheric observations of INP variability. Specifically, wemore »
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Center; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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- USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1841068
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- OSTI ID: 1842468; OSTI ID: 1854909
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- PNNL-SA-161127
Journal ID: ISSN 1680-7324
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- SC0018929; SC0021116; AC05-76RL01830; CHE-1801971
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- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online)
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- Journal Name: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online) Journal Volume: 22 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1680-7324
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- Copernicus GmbH
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- Germany
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Steinke, Isabelle, DeMott, Paul J., Deane, Grant B., Hill, Thomas C. J., Maltrud, Mathew, Raman, Aishwarya, and Burrows, Susannah M. A numerical framework for simulating the atmospheric variability of supermicron marine biogenic ice nucleating particles. Germany: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.5194/acp-22-847-2022.
Steinke, Isabelle, DeMott, Paul J., Deane, Grant B., Hill, Thomas C. J., Maltrud, Mathew, Raman, Aishwarya, & Burrows, Susannah M. A numerical framework for simulating the atmospheric variability of supermicron marine biogenic ice nucleating particles. Germany. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-847-2022
Steinke, Isabelle, DeMott, Paul J., Deane, Grant B., Hill, Thomas C. J., Maltrud, Mathew, Raman, Aishwarya, and Burrows, Susannah M. Wed .
"A numerical framework for simulating the atmospheric variability of supermicron marine biogenic ice nucleating particles". Germany. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-847-2022.
@article{osti_1841068,
title = {A numerical framework for simulating the atmospheric variability of supermicron marine biogenic ice nucleating particles},
author = {Steinke, Isabelle and DeMott, Paul J. and Deane, Grant B. and Hill, Thomas C. J. and Maltrud, Mathew and Raman, Aishwarya and Burrows, Susannah M.},
abstractNote = {We present a framework for estimating concentrations of episodically elevated high-temperature marine ice nucleating particles (INPs) in the sea surface microlayer and their subsequent emission into the atmospheric boundary layer. These episodic INPs have been observed in multiple ship-based and coastal field campaigns, but the processes controlling their ocean concentrations and transfer to the atmosphere are not yet fully understood. We use a combination of empirical constraints and simulation outputs from an Earth system model to explore different hypotheses for explaining the variability of INP concentrations, and the occurrence of episodic INPs, in the marine atmosphere. In our calculations, we examine the following two proposed oceanic sources of high-temperature INPs: heterotrophic bacteria and marine biopolymer aggregates (MBPAs). Furthermore, we assume that the emission of these INPs is determined by the production of supermicron sea spray aerosol formed from jet drops, with an entrainment probability that is described by Poisson statistics. The concentration of jet drops is derived from the number concentration of supermicron sea spray aerosol calculated from model runs. We then derive the resulting number concentrations of marine high-temperature INPs (at 253 K) in the atmospheric boundary layer and compare their variability to atmospheric observations of INP variability. Specifically, we compare against concentrations of episodically occurring high-temperature INPs observed during field campaigns in the Southern Ocean, the Equatorial Pacific, and the North Atlantic. In this case study, we evaluate our framework at 253 K because reliable observational data at this temperature are available across three different ocean regions, but suitable data are sparse at higher temperatures. We find that heterotrophic bacteria and MBPAs acting as INPs provide only a partial explanation for the observed high INP concentrations. We note, however, that there are still substantial knowledge gaps, particularly concerning the identity of the oceanic INPs contributing most frequently to episodic high-temperature INPs, their specific ice nucleation activity, and the enrichment of their concentrations during the sea-air transfer process. Therefore, targeted measurements investigating the composition of these marine INPs and drivers for their emissions are needed, ideally in combination with modeling studies focused on the potential cloud impacts of these high-temperature INPs.},
doi = {10.5194/acp-22-847-2022},
journal = {Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 22,
place = {Germany},
year = {Wed Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Wed Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2022}
}
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