OCEANFILMS‐2: Representing coadsorption of saccharides in marine films and potential impacts on modeled marine aerosol chemistry

Abstract Here we show that the addition of chemical interactions between soluble monosaccharides and an insoluble lipid surfactant monolayer improves agreement of modeled sea spray chemistry with observed marine aerosol chemistry. In particular, the alkane:hydroxyl mass ratio in modeled sea spray or...

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Main Authors: Susannah M. Burrows, Eric Gobrogge, Li Fu, Katie Link, Scott M. Elliott, Hongfei Wang, Rob Walker
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-08-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069070
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author Susannah M. Burrows
Eric Gobrogge
Li Fu
Katie Link
Scott M. Elliott
Hongfei Wang
Rob Walker
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description Abstract Here we show that the addition of chemical interactions between soluble monosaccharides and an insoluble lipid surfactant monolayer improves agreement of modeled sea spray chemistry with observed marine aerosol chemistry. In particular, the alkane:hydroxyl mass ratio in modeled sea spray organic matter is reduced from a median of 2.73 to a range of 0.41–0.69, reducing the discrepancy with previous Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) observations of clean marine aerosol (ratio: 0.24–0.38). The overall organic fraction of submicron sea spray also increases, allowing organic mass fractions in the range 0.5–0.7 for submicron sea spray particles over highly active phytoplankton blooms. Sum frequency generation experiments support the modeling approach by demonstrating that soluble monosaccharides can strongly adsorb to a lipid monolayer likely via Coulomb interactions under appropriate conditions. These laboratory findings motivate further research to determine the relevance of coadsorption mechanisms for real‐world, sea spray aerosol production.
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spelling doaj-art-819b5a7a6dbd4fa68a6b24c3e8ae153a2025-08-20T03:49:41ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072016-08-0143158306831310.1002/2016GL069070OCEANFILMS‐2: Representing coadsorption of saccharides in marine films and potential impacts on modeled marine aerosol chemistrySusannah M. Burrows0Eric Gobrogge1Li Fu2Katie Link3Scott M. Elliott4Hongfei Wang5Rob Walker6Atmospheric Science and Global Change Division Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland Washington USADepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry Montana State University Bozeman Montana USAEnvironmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland Washington USADepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry Montana State University Bozeman Montana USAClimate, Ocean, and Sea Ice Modelling Group Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos New Mexico USAEnvironmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland Washington USADepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry Montana State University Bozeman Montana USAAbstract Here we show that the addition of chemical interactions between soluble monosaccharides and an insoluble lipid surfactant monolayer improves agreement of modeled sea spray chemistry with observed marine aerosol chemistry. In particular, the alkane:hydroxyl mass ratio in modeled sea spray organic matter is reduced from a median of 2.73 to a range of 0.41–0.69, reducing the discrepancy with previous Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) observations of clean marine aerosol (ratio: 0.24–0.38). The overall organic fraction of submicron sea spray also increases, allowing organic mass fractions in the range 0.5–0.7 for submicron sea spray particles over highly active phytoplankton blooms. Sum frequency generation experiments support the modeling approach by demonstrating that soluble monosaccharides can strongly adsorb to a lipid monolayer likely via Coulomb interactions under appropriate conditions. These laboratory findings motivate further research to determine the relevance of coadsorption mechanisms for real‐world, sea spray aerosol production.https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069070sea surface microlayermarine aerosolsurfactant interactionssea spray aerosolorganic aerosolmarine biofilms
spellingShingle Susannah M. Burrows
Eric Gobrogge
Li Fu
Katie Link
Scott M. Elliott
Hongfei Wang
Rob Walker
OCEANFILMS‐2: Representing coadsorption of saccharides in marine films and potential impacts on modeled marine aerosol chemistry
Geophysical Research Letters
sea surface microlayer
marine aerosol
surfactant interactions
sea spray aerosol
organic aerosol
marine biofilms
title OCEANFILMS‐2: Representing coadsorption of saccharides in marine films and potential impacts on modeled marine aerosol chemistry
title_full OCEANFILMS‐2: Representing coadsorption of saccharides in marine films and potential impacts on modeled marine aerosol chemistry
title_fullStr OCEANFILMS‐2: Representing coadsorption of saccharides in marine films and potential impacts on modeled marine aerosol chemistry
title_full_unstemmed OCEANFILMS‐2: Representing coadsorption of saccharides in marine films and potential impacts on modeled marine aerosol chemistry
title_short OCEANFILMS‐2: Representing coadsorption of saccharides in marine films and potential impacts on modeled marine aerosol chemistry
title_sort oceanfilms 2 representing coadsorption of saccharides in marine films and potential impacts on modeled marine aerosol chemistry
topic sea surface microlayer
marine aerosol
surfactant interactions
sea spray aerosol
organic aerosol
marine biofilms
url https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069070
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