期刊
JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
卷 61, 期 2, 页码 85-99出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-009-9125-6
关键词
Saharan dust; Volcanic ash; Air masses; Fogwater; Nutrient flux; Elemental composition; Precipitation
资金
- National Science Foundation [0342548, DEB 0620910]
- EPSCoR
- International Institute of Tropical Forestry USDA Forest Service
- Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program
- Div Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [0342548] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Chemical characterization was performed on cloud and rainwater samples collected as part of the Rain In Cumulus over the Ocean Experiment (RICO). This experiment took place at a mountaintop site (East Peak) in Puerto Rico from December 2004 to March 2007 in order to determine water-soluble organic and nitrogen fractions in a marine background environment. For cloud water, similar average concentrations of 1.0 (+/- 0.3) mg/L were found for total organic carbon (TOC) and total nitrogen (TN) and an average concentration of 0.8 (+/- 0.2) mg/L was found for dissolved organic carbon (DOC). In rainwater, these concentrations were lower, ranging from 0.3 to 0.5 (+/- 0.1) mg/L. Changes in the concentrations of these species were observed in periods under the influence of anthropogenic, African dust, and volcanic ash air masses. In these periods the concentrations of TOC, DOC, and TN were 2 to 4 times higher than in periods under the influence of trade winds. The insoluble organic material arriving during African dust events showed total carbon (TC) concentrations on averaging 1.5 mg/L for cloud water. The TC was composed mainly of organic carbon with polar compounds from low to high molecular weight (MW). The polar compounds with high MW were probably associated with pollution (e.g., fossil fuel combustion) from other regions. Crustal species (Al and Fe) dominated particles associated with dust episodes, confirming the soil origin. Our results suggested that a fraction (40-80%) of TOC and (< 100%) of TN in Puerto Rican cloud/rainwater could be originated from long-range transport of dust, ash and/or pollution.
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