Anthropogenic sulphate aerosols and large Cl-deficit in marine atmospheric boundary layer of tropical Bay of Bengal |
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| Authors: | Manmohan Sarin Ashwini Kumar Bikkina Srinivas A K Sudheer Neeraj Rastogi |
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| Institution: | 1. Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 380 009, India
2. Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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| Abstract: | Our long-term study provides an unequivocal evidence for near-quantitative (80–100%) depletion of chloride from sea-salts in the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) of tropical Bay of Bengal. During the late NE-monsoon (Jan-Mar), continental outflow from south and south-east Asia dominate the wide-spread dispersal of pollutants over the Bay of Bengal. Among anthropogenic constituents, SO 4 2? (range: 0.6–35 μg m?3) is the most dominant. The non-sea-salt SO 4 2? (nss-SO 4 2? ) constitutes a major fraction (55–65%) of the aerosol water-soluble ionic composition (WSIC), whereas contribution of NO 3 ? is relatively minor. The magnitude of Cl-deficit (with respect to its sea-salt proportion) exhibits linear increase with the excess-nss-SO 4 2? (excess over NH 4 + ). We propose that displacement of HCl from sea-salt aerosols by H2SO4 is a dominant reaction mechanism for the chloride-depletion. These results also suggest that sea-salts could serve as a potential sink for anthropogenic SO2 in the downwind polluted marine environment. Furthermore, loss of hydrogen chloride, representing a large source of reactive chlorine, has implications to the oxidant chemistry in the MABL (oxidation of hydrocarbons and dimethyl sulphide). |
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