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10.5194/acpd-9-22739-2009

Particle characterization at the Cape Verde atmospheric observatory during the 2007 RHaMBLe intensive

Müller

¹ Lehmann

¹ van Pinxteren

¹ Gnauk

¹ Niedermeier

¹ Wiedensohler

¹ Herrmann

Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung e.V., Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany

27 10 2009

9 5 22739 22771

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The chemical characterization of filter high volume (HV) and Berner impactor (BI) samples PM during RHaMBLe 2007 shows that the Cape Verde aerosol particles are mainly composed of sea salt, mineral dust and associated water. The influence from the African continent on the aerosol constitution was generally small but air masses which came from south-western Europe crossing the Canary Islands transported dust to the sampling site together with other loadings. The mean mass concentration was determined for PM10 as 17 μg/m3 from the impactor samples and as 24.2 μg/m3 from HV filter samples. Non sea salt (nss) components of PM were found in the submicron fractions including nitrate in the coarse mode fraction. Bromide was found in all samples with much depleted concentrations in the range 1–8 ng/m3 compared to fresh sea salt aerosol indicating intense atmospheric halogen chemistry. A chloride deficit of 31% and 38% for the coarse mode particles (3.5–10 μm; 1.2–3.5 μm), of 67% (0.42–1.2 μm) and 83% (0.14–0.42 μm) for the submicron fractions was determined. During 14 May with high mineral dust loads also the maximum of OC (1.71 μg/m3) and EC (1.25 μg/m3) was measured. The minimum of TC (0.25 μg/m3) was detected during the period 25 to 27 May when pure marine air masses arrived. The concentrations of carbonaceous material decrease with increasing particles size from 60% for the ultra fine particles to 2.5% in coarse mode PM. Total iron (dust vs. non-dust: 0.53 vs. 0.06 μg m−3), calcium (0.22 vs. 0.03 μg m−3) and potassium (0.33 vs. 0.02 μg m−3) were found as good indicators for dust periods because of their heavily increased concentration in the 1.2 to 3.5 μm fraction as compared to their concentration during the non-dust periods. For the organic constituents, oxalate (78–151 ng/m3) and methanesulfonic acid (MSA, 25–100 ng/m3) are the major compounds identified. A good correlation between nss-sulphate and MSA was found for the majority of days indicating active DMS chemistry and low anthropogenic influences.

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