A review of atmospheric aging of sea spray aerosols: Potential factors affecting chloride depletion

B Su, T Wang, G Zhang, Y Liang, C Lv, Y Hu, L Li… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sea spray aerosol (SSA) is the largest natural source of aerosols in the troposphere, and
has profound potential significance for climate change, visibility, and human health. It has …

Displacement of strong acids or bases by weak acids or bases in aerosols: Thermodynamics and kinetics

Z Chen, P Liu, H Su, YH Zhang - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Depletion of chloride, nitrate, or ammonium from atmospheric aerosols represents a unique
class of displacement reactions in which strong acids (HCl and HNO3) or bases (NH3) are …

[HTML][HTML] Development and characterization of a high-performance single-particle aerosol mass spectrometer (HP-SPAMS)

X Du, Q Xie, Q Huang, X Li, J Yang… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - amt.copernicus.org
This study describes a high-performance single-particle mass spectrometry (HP-SPAMS)
design in detail. The comprehensive improvements in the injection system, optical sizing …

Direct quantification of changes in pH within single levitated microdroplets and the kinetics of nitrate and chloride depletion

KJ Angle, VH Grassian - Chemical science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The hygroscopicity and pH of aqueous microdroplets and smaller aerosols control their
impacts on human health and the climate. Nitrate depletion and chloride depletion through …

Submicron organic aerosol types in the summertime Arctic: Mixing state, geographic distribution, and drivers

B Su, G Zhang, C Song, Y Liang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
During the 2017 summertime Arctic cruise observation campaigns, we measured over
290,000 individual submicron particles and clustered them into two inorganic classes …

Enrichment of short-chain organic acids transferred to submicron sea spray aerosols

Y Song, J Li, NT Tsona, L Liu, L Du - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic acids, considered to be a substantial component of the marine carbon cycle, can
enter the atmosphere through sea spray aerosol (SSA) and further affect the climate. Despite …

Sulfate formation driven by wintertime fog processing and a hydroxymethanesulfonate complex with iron: Observations from single‐particle measurements in Hong …

Y Zhang, R Han, X Sun, C Sun… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fog processing has a significant impact on sulfur chemistry in the atmosphere. This study
analyzed three winter fog events in Hong Kong using single‐particle aerosol mass …

Ambient particle characteristics by single particle aerosol mass spectrometry at a coastal site in Hong Kong: a case study affected by the sea-land breeze

N Wang, Y Zhang, L Li, H Wang, Y Zhao, G Wu, M Li… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
The sea-land breeze (SLB) circulation plays a vital role in the transport of atmospheric
pollutants in coastal cities. In this study, a single particle aerosol mass spectrometer …

Analytical performance of single particle aerosol mass spectrometer for accurate sizing and isotopic analysis of individual particles

Y Su, G Wei, W Wang, R Xi, X Wang, J Xu, Z Li - Atmospheric Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The commercial Hexin Single particle aerosol mass spectrometer (SPAMS) has
been widely used for environmental aerosol monitoring and source apportionment …

Enrichment of calcium in sea spray aerosol: insights from bulk measurements and individual particle analysis during the R/V Xuelong cruise in the summertime in …

B Su, X Bi, Z Zhang, Y Liang, C Song… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Although calcium is known to be enriched in sea spray aerosols (SSAs), the factors that
affect its enrichment remain ambiguous. In this study, we examine how environmental …