Direct aerosol chemical composition measurements to evaluate the physicochemical differences between controlled sea spray aerosol generation schemes

Collins, D. B.; Zhao, D. F.; Ruppel, M. J.; Laskina, O.; Grandquist, J. R.; Modini, R. L.; Stokes, M. D.; Russell, L. M.; Bertram, T. H.; Grassian, V. H.; Deane, G. B.; Prather, K. A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3667-2014

Articles | Volume 7, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3667-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3667-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 11

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06 Nov 2014

Research article |

| 06 Nov 2014

Direct aerosol chemical composition measurements to evaluate the physicochemical differences between controlled sea spray aerosol generation schemes

D. B. Collins, D. F. Zhao, M. J. Ruppel, O. Laskina, J. R. Grandquist, R. L. Modini, M. D. Stokes, L. M. Russell, T. H. Bertram, V. H. Grassian, G. B. Deane, and K. A. Prather

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RC C1833: 'Review of "Direct aerosol chemical composition measurements to evaluate the physicochemical differences between controlled sea spray aerosol generation schemes," by D. B. Collins et al., submitted to Atmospheric Technology Measurements.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Jul 2014
- AC C2916: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Douglas Collins, 26 Sep 2014
RC C1868: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Jul 2014
- AC C2917: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Douglas Collins, 26 Sep 2014

Short summary

Sea spray aerosol particles represent a system of relatively high chemical complexity. The chemical composition of sea spray aerosol particles was shown in this study to be directly determined by the method used to produce bubbles, which produce aerosol upon bursting at the sea surface. Using methods which deviate from natural breaking waves directly translated into differences in the measured particle sizes and the chemical mixing state of laboratory-generated sea spray aerosol particles.