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Title: Ejection of Dust From the Ocean as a Potential Source of Marine Ice Nucleating Particles

Abstract

Abstract Oceans are, generally, relatively weak sources of ice nucleating particles (INPs). Thus, dust transported from terrestrial regions can dominate atmospheric INP concentrations even in remote marine regions. Studies of ocean‐emitted INPs have focused upon sea spray aerosols containing biogenic species. Even though large concentrations of dust are transported over marine regions, resuspended dust has never been explicitly considered as another possible source of ocean‐emitted INPs. Current models assume that deposited dust is not re‐emitted from surface waters. Our laboratory studies of aerosol particles produced from coastal seawater and synthetic seawater doped with dust show that dust can indeed be ejected from water during bubble bursting. INP concentration measurements show these ejected dust particles retain ice nucleating activity. Doping synthetic seawater to simulate a strong dust deposition event produced INPs active at temperatures colder than −13°C and INP concentrations 1 to 2 orders of magnitude greater than either lab sea spray or marine boundary layer measurements. The relevance of these laboratory findings is highlighted by single‐particle composition measurements along the Californian coast where at least 9% of dust particles were mixed with sea salt. Additionally, global modeling studies show that resuspension of dust from the ocean could exert the mostmore » impact over the Southern Ocean, where ocean‐emitted INPs are thought to dominate atmospheric INP populations. More work characterizing the factors governing the resuspension of dust particles is required to understand the potential impact upon clouds.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1];  [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
  2. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
  3. Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1755647
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1786804
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-157345
Journal ID: ISSN 2169-897X
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 125; Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-897X
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; dust; marine; ice nucleating particles; aerosol

Citation Formats

Cornwell, Gavin C., Sultana, Camille M., Prank, Marje, Cochran, Richard E., Hill, Thomas J., Schill, Gregory P., DeMott, Paul J., Mahowald, Natalie, and Prather, Kimberly A. Ejection of Dust From the Ocean as a Potential Source of Marine Ice Nucleating Particles. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1029/2020jd033073.
Cornwell, Gavin C., Sultana, Camille M., Prank, Marje, Cochran, Richard E., Hill, Thomas J., Schill, Gregory P., DeMott, Paul J., Mahowald, Natalie, & Prather, Kimberly A. Ejection of Dust From the Ocean as a Potential Source of Marine Ice Nucleating Particles. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jd033073
Cornwell, Gavin C., Sultana, Camille M., Prank, Marje, Cochran, Richard E., Hill, Thomas J., Schill, Gregory P., DeMott, Paul J., Mahowald, Natalie, and Prather, Kimberly A. Tue . "Ejection of Dust From the Ocean as a Potential Source of Marine Ice Nucleating Particles". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jd033073. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1755647.
@article{osti_1755647,
title = {Ejection of Dust From the Ocean as a Potential Source of Marine Ice Nucleating Particles},
author = {Cornwell, Gavin C. and Sultana, Camille M. and Prank, Marje and Cochran, Richard E. and Hill, Thomas J. and Schill, Gregory P. and DeMott, Paul J. and Mahowald, Natalie and Prather, Kimberly A.},
abstractNote = {Abstract Oceans are, generally, relatively weak sources of ice nucleating particles (INPs). Thus, dust transported from terrestrial regions can dominate atmospheric INP concentrations even in remote marine regions. Studies of ocean‐emitted INPs have focused upon sea spray aerosols containing biogenic species. Even though large concentrations of dust are transported over marine regions, resuspended dust has never been explicitly considered as another possible source of ocean‐emitted INPs. Current models assume that deposited dust is not re‐emitted from surface waters. Our laboratory studies of aerosol particles produced from coastal seawater and synthetic seawater doped with dust show that dust can indeed be ejected from water during bubble bursting. INP concentration measurements show these ejected dust particles retain ice nucleating activity. Doping synthetic seawater to simulate a strong dust deposition event produced INPs active at temperatures colder than −13°C and INP concentrations 1 to 2 orders of magnitude greater than either lab sea spray or marine boundary layer measurements. The relevance of these laboratory findings is highlighted by single‐particle composition measurements along the Californian coast where at least 9% of dust particles were mixed with sea salt. Additionally, global modeling studies show that resuspension of dust from the ocean could exert the most impact over the Southern Ocean, where ocean‐emitted INPs are thought to dominate atmospheric INP populations. More work characterizing the factors governing the resuspension of dust particles is required to understand the potential impact upon clouds.},
doi = {10.1029/2020jd033073},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres},
number = 24,
volume = 125,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Tue Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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