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Gunsch MJ, Liu J, Moffett CE, Sheesley RJ, Wang N, Zhang Q, Watson TB, Pratt KA. Diesel Soot and Amine-Containing Organic Sulfate Aerosols in an Arctic Oil Field. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:92-101. [PMID: 31840985 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b04825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The rapid decrease in Arctic sea ice is motivating development and increasing oil and gas extraction activities. However, few observations of these local Arctic emissions exist, limiting the understanding of impacts on atmospheric composition and climate. To address this knowledge gap, the chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols was measured within the North Slope of Alaska oil fields during August and September 2016 using an aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS) and a time-of-flight aerosol chemical speciation monitor (ToF-ACSM). Plumes from oil and gas extraction activities were characterized by soot internally mixed with sulfate (matching diesel soot) and organic carbon particles containing aminium sulfate salts. Sea spray aerosol at the coastal site was frequently internally mixed with sulfate and nitrate, from multiphase chemical processing from elevated NOx and SO2 within the oil field. Background (nonplume) air masses were characterized by aged combustion aerosol. No periods of "clean" (nonpolluted) Arctic air were observed. The composition of the nonrefractory aerosol measured with the ACSM was similar during plume and background periods and was consistent with the mass concentrations of nonrefractory particles measured by ATOFMS. Two ultrafine aerosol growth events were observed during oil field background periods and were correlated with fine mode amine-containing particles.
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- Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Climate Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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Lou H, Hao Y, Zhang W, Su P, Zhang F, Chen Y, Feng D, Li Y. Emission of intermediate volatility organic compounds from a ship main engine burning heavy fuel oil. J Environ Sci (China) 2019; 84:197-204. [PMID: 31284911 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2019.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Intermediate volatility organic compounds (IVOCs) are crucial precursors of secondary organic aerosol (SOA). In this study, gaseous IVOCs emitted from a ship main engine burning heavy fuel oil (HFO) were investigated on a test bench, which could simulate the real-world operations and emissions of ocean-going ships. The chemical compositions, emission factors (EFs) and volatility distributions of IVOC emissions were investigated. The results showed that the main engine burning HFO emitted a large amount of IVOCs, with average IVOC EFs of 20.2-201 mg/kg-fuel. The IVOCs were mainly comprised of unspeciated compounds. The chemical compositions of exhaust IVOCs were different from that of HFO fuel, especially for polycyclic aromatic compounds and alkylcyclohexanes. The volatility distributions of IVOCs were also different between HFO exhausts and HFO fuel. The distinctions in IVOC emission characteristics between HFO exhausts and HFO fuel should be considered when assessing the IVOC emission and related SOA formation potentials from ocean-going ships burning HFO, especially when using fuel-surrogate models.
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- Haijun Lou
- College of Merchant Marine, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China; International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 200135, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China; International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 200135, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China; International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 200135, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- College of Merchant Marine, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China; International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 200135, China
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- International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS-NA), Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X9, Canada
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Zhao F, Feng YJ, Liu YR, Jiang S, Huang T, Wang ZH, Xu CX, Huang W. Enhancement of Atmospheric Nucleation by Highly Oxygenated Organic Molecules: A Density Functional Theory Study. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:5367-5377. [PMID: 31199633 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b03142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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New particle formation (NPF) by gas-particle conversion is the main source of atmospheric aerosols. Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs) and sulfuric acid (SA) are important NPF participants. 2-Methylglyceric acid (MGA), a kind of HOMs, is a tracer of isoprene-derived secondary organic aerosols. The nucleation mechanisms of MGA with SA were studied using density functional theory and atmospheric cluster dynamics simulation in this study, along with that of MGA with methanesulfonic acid (MSA) as a comparison. Our theoretical works indicate that the (MGA)(SA) and (MGA)(MSA) clusters are the most stable ones in the (MGA) i(SA) j ( i = 1-2, j = 1-2) and (MGA) i(MSA) j ( i = 1-2, j = 1-2) clusters, respectively. Both the formation rates of (MGA)(SA) and (MGA)(MSA) clusters are quite large and could have significant contributions to NPF. The results imply that the homomolecular nucleation of MGA is unlikely to occur in the atmosphere, and MGA and SA can effectively contribute to heteromolecular nucleation mainly in the form of heterodimers. MSA exhibits properties similar to SA in its ability to form clusters with MGA but is slightly weaker than SA.
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- Feng Zhao
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Physico-Chemistry, Anhui Institute of Optics & Fine Mechanics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei , Anhui 230031 , China.,School of Information Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , China
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- School of Information Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , China
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- School of Information Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , China
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- School of Information Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Physico-Chemistry, Anhui Institute of Optics & Fine Mechanics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei , Anhui 230031 , China
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- School of Information Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , China
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- School of Information Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Physico-Chemistry, Anhui Institute of Optics & Fine Mechanics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei , Anhui 230031 , China.,School of Information Science and Technology , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , China.,Center for Excellent in Urban Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Xiamen , Fujian 361021 , China
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Development and validation of a HPLC/FLD method combined with online derivatization for the simple and simultaneous determination of trace amino acids and alkyl amines in continental and marine aerosols. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0206488. [PMID: 30419031 PMCID: PMC6231614 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A method was developed for simultaneous determination of 15 amino acids and 7 alkyl amines. The method was based on the employment of high performance liquid chromatography/fluorescence detection and online derivatization with o-phthaldiadehyde. The 22 derivatives were separated within 30 min including the equilibration time and detected by a fluorescence detector at an excitation wavelength of 230 nm and emission wavelength of 450 nm. The analysis procedure was satisfactorily validated by the reproducibility, recovery, linearity and detection limit of the analytes. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of retention time and peak area for individual amino acids and alkyl amines were consistently less than 0.30% and 2.35%, respectively. Good recovery values ranging from 70% to 109% were obtained. The proposed method showed good linearity (R2≥0.99) in the range of 0.125-125 μM/L for amino acids and 2.5-5000 ng/L for alkyl amines. The detection limit ranged from 0.13 pM to 0.37 pM for individual amino acids and from 0.9 ng to 7.2 ng for individual alkyl amines. The developed and validated method was successfully applied to the quantitative analysis of amino acids and alkyl amines in continental and marine aerosols in China. Among the identified organic nitrogen compounds, 7 amino acids and 6 alkyl amines were detected in every aerosol sample. Glycine was the dominant amino acid, with the average of 130.93 pmol/m3 (accounting for 83% of the total amino acids) and 137.22 pmol/m3 (accounting for 66% of the total amino acids) in continental and marine aerosols in China, respectively. Methylamine and ethanolamine were the most abundant alkyl amines, contributing 87% and 64% to the total alkyl amines in continental and marine aerosols in China, respectively. This work provided an accurate, sensitive and simple method to determine simultaneously amino acids and alkyl amines, and applied the proposed method to the first investigation of amino acids in Shanghai and amino acids and alkyl amines in Huaniao Island in China. The finding of considerable amino acids and alkyl amines in continental and marine aerosols may exert significant implications on nitrogen cycling and atmospheric chemistry.
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Regions of open water and melting sea ice drive new particle formation in North East Greenland. Sci Rep 2018; 8:6109. [PMID: 29666448 PMCID: PMC5904185 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24426-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Atmospheric new particle formation (NPF) and growth significantly influences the indirect aerosol-cloud effect within the polar climate system. In this work, the aerosol population is categorised via cluster analysis of aerosol number size distributions (9–915 nm, 65 bins) taken at Villum Research Station, Station Nord (VRS) in North Greenland during a 7 year record (2010–2016). Data are clustered at daily averaged resolution; in total, we classified six categories, five of which clearly describe the ultrafine aerosol population, one of which is linked to nucleation events (up to 39% during summer). Air mass trajectory analyses tie these frequent nucleation events to biogenic precursors released by open water and melting sea ice regions. NPF events in the studied regions seem not to be related to bird colonies from coastal zones. Our results show a negative correlation (r = −0.89) between NPF events and sea ice extent, suggesting the impact of ultrafine Arctic aerosols is likely to increase in the future, given the likely increased sea ice melting. Understanding the composition and the sources of Arctic aerosols requires further integrated studies with joint multi-component ocean-atmosphere observation and modelling.
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Huang S, Poulain L, van Pinxteren D, van Pinxteren M, Wu Z, Herrmann H, Wiedensohler A. Latitudinal and Seasonal Distribution of Particulate MSA over the Atlantic using a Validated Quantification Method with HR-ToF-AMS. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:418-426. [PMID: 27996238 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Methanesulfonic acid (MSA) has been widely used as a proxy for marine biogenic sources, but it is still a challenge to provide an accurate MSA mass concentration with high time resolution. This study offers an improved MSA quantification method using high resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS). Particularly, the method was validated based on an excellent agreement with parallel offline measurements (slope = 0.88, R2 = 0.89). This comparison is much better than those using previously reported methods, resulting in underestimations of 31-54% of MSA concentration. With this new method, MSA mass concentrations were obtained during 4 North/South Atlantic cruises in spring and autumn of 2011 and 2012. The seasonal and spatial variation of the particulate MSA mass concentration as well as the MSA to non-sea-salt sulfate ratio (MSA:nssSO4) over the North/South Atlantic Ocean were determined for the first time. Seasonal variation of the MSA mass concentration was observed, with higher values in spring (0.03 μg m-3) than in autumn (0.01 μg m-3). The investigation of MSA:nssSO4 suggests a ubiquitous and significant influence of anthropogenic sources on aerosols in the marine boundary layer.
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- Shan Huang
- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research , Leipzig, Sachsen, 04318, Germany
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University , Guangzhou, Guangdong 511443, China
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- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research , Leipzig, Sachsen, 04318, Germany
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University , Beijing, 100871, China
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- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research , Leipzig, Sachsen, 04318, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research , Leipzig, Sachsen, 04318, Germany
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Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions of Particles. OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS OF GASES AND PARTICLES 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25643-1_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bzdek BR, Horan AJ, Pennington MR, DePalma JW, Zhao J, Jen CN, Hanson DR, Smith JN, McMurry PH, Johnston MV. Quantitative and time-resolved nanoparticle composition measurements during new particle formation. Faraday Discuss 2013; 165:25-43. [DOI: 10.1039/c3fd00039g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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