An analytical system enabling consistent and long-term measurement of atmospheric dimethyl sulfide

Jang, Seonghoe; Park, Ki-Tae; Lee, Kitack; Suh, Young-Sang

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.03.041

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“…Explicitly, the uptake of gaseous MSA onto particles was found to be sensitive to the chemical properties of those particles (Yan et al, 2020b). In particular, hydrophobic and acidic particles in the atmosphere tended to hinder the adhesion of gaseous MSA to particles, while alkaline sea-salt particles tended to accelerate the adhesion process (Pszenny, 1992;Jefferson et al, 1998;Yan et al, 2020b). Elemental carbon particles emitted from fossil fuel combustion are highly hydrophobic, and sulfates in the aerosol particles are acidic.…”

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Large seasonal and interannual variations of biogenic sulfur compounds in the Arctic atmosphere (Svalbard; 78.9° N, 11.9° E)

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Abstract. Seasonal to interannual variations in the concentrations of sulfur aerosols (< 2.5 µm in diameter; non sea-salt sulfate: NSS-SO42-; anthropogenic sulfate: Anth-SO42-; biogenic sulfate: Bio-SO42-; methanesulfonic acid: MSA) in the Arctic atmosphere were investigated using measurements of the chemical composition of aerosols collected at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard (78.9∘ N, 11.9∘ E) from 2015 to 2019. In all measurement years the concentration of NSS-SO42- was highest during the pre-bloom period and rapidly decreased towards summer. During the pre-bloom period we found a strong correlation between NSS-SO42- (sum of Anth-SO42- and Bio-SO42-) and Anth-SO42-. This was because more than 50 % of the NSS-SO42- measured during this period was Anth-SO42-, which originated in northern Europe and was subsequently transported to the Arctic in Arctic haze. Unexpected increases in the concentration of Bio-SO42- aerosols (an oxidation product of dimethylsulfide: DMS) were occasionally found during the pre-bloom period. These probably originated in regions to the south (the North Atlantic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea) rather than in ocean areas in the proximity of Ny-Ålesund. Another oxidation product of DMS is MSA, and the ratio of MSA to Bio-SO42- is extensively used to estimate the total amount of DMS-derived aerosol particles in remote marine environments. The concentration of MSA during the pre-bloom period remained low, primarily because of the greater loss of MSA relative to Bio-SO42- and the suppression of condensation of gaseous MSA onto particles already present in air masses being transported northwards from distant ocean source regions (existing particles). In addition, the low light intensity during the pre-bloom period resulted in a low concentration of photochemically activated oxidant species including OH radicals and BrO; these conditions favored the oxidation pathway of DMS to Bio-SO42- rather than to MSA, which acted to lower the MSA concentration at Ny-Ålesund. The concentration of MSA peaked in May or June and was positively correlated with phytoplankton biomass in the Greenland and Barents seas around Svalbard. As a result, the mean ratio of MSA to the DMS-derived aerosols was low (0.09 ± 0.07) in the pre-bloom period but high (0.32 ± 0.15) in the bloom and post-bloom periods. There was large interannual variability in the ratio of MSA to Bio-SO42- (i.e., 0.24 ± 0.11 in 2017, 0.40 ± 0.14 in 2018, and 0.36 ± 0.14 in 2019) during the bloom and post-bloom periods. This was probably associated with changes in the chemical properties of existing particles, biological activities surrounding the observation site, and air mass transport patterns. Our results indicate that MSA is not a conservative tracer for predicting DMS-derived particles, and the contribution of MSA to the growth of newly formed particles may be much larger during the bloom and post-bloom periods than during the pre-bloom period.

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Large seasonal and interannual variations of biogenic sulfur compounds in the Arctic atmosphere (Svalbard; 78.9° N, 11.9° E)

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“…The analytical system includes a component for DMS trapping and elution and a gas chromatograph (GC) equipped with a pulsed flame photometric detector (PFPD) enabling DMS quantification. The detection limit of the analytical DMS system was reported to be 1.5 pptv in an air volume of approximately 6 L. Details for the DMS analytical system and the DMS measurement protocol are described in Jang et al (2016).…”

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Observational evidence for the formation of DMS-derived aerosols during Arctic phytoplankton blooms

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Abstract. The connection between marine biogenic dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and the formation of aerosol particles in the Arctic atmosphere was evaluated by analyzing atmospheric DMS mixing ratio, aerosol particle size distribution and aerosol chemical composition data that were concurrently collected at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard (78.5 • N, 11.8 • E), during April and May 2015. Measurements of aerosol sulfur (S) compounds showed distinct patterns during periods of Arctic haze (April) and phytoplankton blooms (May). Specifically, during the phytoplankton bloom period the contribution of DMS-derived SO 2− 4 to the total aerosol SO 2− 4 increased by 7-fold compared with that during the proceeding Arctic haze period, and accounted for up to 70 % of fine SO 2− 4 particles (< 2.5 µm in diameter). The results also showed that the formation of submicron SO 2− 4 aerosols was significantly associated with an increase in the atmospheric DMS mixing ratio. More importantly, two independent estimates of the formation of DMS-derived SO 2− 4 aerosols, calculated using the stable S-isotope ratio and the non-seasalt SO 2− 4 / methanesulfonic acid ratio, respectively, were in close agreement, providing compelling evidence that the contribution of biogenic DMS to the formation of aerosol particles was substantial during the Arctic phytoplankton bloom period.

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“…The analytical system includes a component for DMS trapping and elution and a gas chromatography equipped with a pulsed flame photometric detector enabling DMS quantification (Jang et al, ). The detection limit of the analytical system was about 1.5 pptv in an air sample volume of ~6 L (Jang et al, ). The oceanic region adjacent to Svalbard was divided into three domains that included the sea ice zone (>80°N, low biological productivity), the Barents Sea (70°N–80°N, 16°E–50°E, epicontinental sea, high biological productivity), and the Greenland Sea (70°–80°N, 25°W–16°E, deep ocean basin, high biological productivity) (Figure ).…”

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“…The measurement periods approximately covered the phytoplankton bloom periods (e.g., Degerlund & Eilertsen, 2010;Sakshaug, 2004). The analytical system includes a component for DMS trapping and elution and a gas chromatography equipped with a pulsed flame photometric detector enabling DMS quantification (Jang et al, 2016). The detection limit of the analytical system was about 1.5 pptv in an air sample volume of~6 L (Jang et al, 2016).…”

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Atmospheric DMS in the Arctic Ocean and Its Relation to Phytoplankton Biomass

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Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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We recorded and analyzed the atmospheric dimethyl sulfide (DMS) mixing ratios at a remote Arctic location (Svalbard; 78.5°N, 11.8°E) during phytoplankton bloom periods in the years 2010, 2014, and 2015 and found varying regional relationships between the atmospheric DMS and the extent of exposure of the air mass to the phytoplankton biomass in the ocean surrounding the observation site. The DMS production capacity of the Greenland Sea was estimated to be a factor of 3 greater than that of the Barents Sea, whereas the phytoplankton biomass in the Barents Sea was more than twofold than that in the Greenland Sea. These apparently contradictory results may be induced by the occurrence of a greater abundance of DMS‐producing phytoplankton in the Greenland Sea than in the Barents Sea during the phytoplankton bloom periods.

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An analytical system enabling consistent and long-term measurement of atmospheric dimethyl sulfide

Cited by 20 publications

References 25 publications

Large seasonal and interannual variations of biogenic sulfur compounds in the Arctic atmosphere (Svalbard; 78.9° N, 11.9° E)

Large seasonal and interannual variations of biogenic sulfur compounds in the Arctic atmosphere (Svalbard; 78.9° N, 11.9° E)

Observational evidence for the formation of DMS-derived aerosols during Arctic phytoplankton blooms

Atmospheric DMS in the Arctic Ocean and Its Relation to Phytoplankton Biomass

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