A020
Aerosols and Chemistry in Aquatic Environments
Aerosols and Chemistry in Aquatic Environments
Session ID#: 249515
Session Description:
Aquatic environments, covering over 70% of the planet, are major sources of atmospheric aerosols and play a critical role in controlling atmospheric composition. Sea and lake spray aerosols impact the radiative properties, chemistry, and biodiversity of the atmosphere. Various particle types serve as cloud condensation and ice nuclei, provide media for heterogeneous chemistry, and transfer pollutants, microorganisms, and biogenic material to the atmosphere, thereby affecting human health and ecosystems. Areas of active marine boundary layer research include air/sea exchange, chemistry, and microphysics impacting reactive halogens, sulfur, and nitrogen. These processes impact global oxidation capacity, cloud albedo, and ozone in the troposphere and stratosphere. Recent advances in high-resolution observations, modeling, and experimental methods allow new insights into these complex and interconnected systems. We invite new studies that enhance understanding of aquatic aerosols, air/sea exchange and chemical processes impacting the marine boundary layer, spanning molecular to global scales.
Index Terms:
0305 Aerosols and particles [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0312 Air/sea constituent fluxes [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
3311 Clouds and aerosols [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener: Andrew W Rollins, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States
Conveners: Hosein Foroutan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Blacksburg, United States and Gordon Novak, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Raymond Leibensperger III, MS, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States
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