Aerosol Nitrate and Non-Sea-Salt Sulfate Over the Eastern Mediterranean

  • Türkan Özsoy
  • Cemal Saydam
  • Nilgün Kubilay
  • Oya B. Nalçaci
  • İlkay Salihoğlu
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Abstract

Among the biogenic sources of sulfate aerosols, reduced sulfur gases such as DMS constitute and control a significant fraction of the atmospheric nss-sulfate budget (Charlson et al., 1987, e.g.). Certain species of phytoplankton; particularly the dinoflagellate Phaeocystis pouchetii and the coccolithophore Emiliana huxleyi are known to be important producers of dimethylsulfide (DMS) (Matrai and Keller, 1993, e.g.). Biogenic sulfur, created mainly by seasonal phytoplanktonic activity, could be particularly rich sources in certain regions and dominate the atmospheric sulfur cycle.

Keywords

Biogenic Source Eastern MEDITERRANEAN Biogenic Sulfur Atmospheric Aerosol Particle Aerosol Nitrate 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Türkan Özsoy
    • 1
  • Cemal Saydam
    • 2
  • Nilgün Kubilay
    • 3
  • Oya B. Nalçaci
    • 1
  • İlkay Salihoğlu
    • 3
  1. 1.Dept. of Environmental Eng.Mersin UniversityMersinTurkey
  2. 2.METU and Turkish Scientific and Research CouncilAnkaraTurkey
  3. 3.Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical UniversityTurkey

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