Organic Contribution on Particles Formed on Pacific Ocean: From Phytoplankton Blooms to Climate

Year: 2013 Volume: 7 Issue: 10 725 - 728 Pages

• Authors:
• Petri Vaattovaara
• Luke Cravigan
• Zoran Ristovski
• Marc Mallet
• Ari Laaksonen
• Sarah Lawson
• Nick Talbot
• Gustavo Olivares
• Mike Harvey
• Cliff Law

Abstract: These SOAP project Pacific Ocean measurements reveal that phytoplankton blooms with sunny conditions make possible secondary organic contribution to ultrafine particles size and composition, and thus on cloud formation ability, and finally on climate. This is in agreement with other biologically active region observations about the presence of secondary organics even the exact fraction is also depending on the local marine life (e.g. plankton blooms, seaweeds, corals). An organic contribution is clearly needed to add to CLAW hypothesis.

• Keywords:
• Climate
• marine aerosols
• phytoplankton
• secondary organics
• CLAW hypothesis.

Secondary Organic Contribution to Particles Formed on the Ice Melted Arctic Ocean

Year: 2013 Volume: 7 Issue: 10 716 - 719 Pages

• Authors:
• Petri Vaattovaara
• Zoran D. Ristovski
• Martin Graus
• Marcus Müller
• EijaAsmi
• Luca Di Liberto
• StaffanSjögren
• Douglas Orsini
• Caroline Leck
• Ari Laaksonen

Abstract: Due to climate warming and consequently due to ice and snow melting of the Arctic Ocean, the highly biologically active ocean surface area has been expanding quickly making possible longer marine biota growth seasons during polar summers. That increase the probability of the remote marine environment secondary contribution, especially secondary organic contribution, to the particle production and particle growth events and particle properties, consequently effecting on the open ocean, pack ice and ground based regions radiation budget and thus on the feedbacks between arctic biota, particles, clouds, and climate.

• Keywords:
• Arctic Ocean
• ice melting
• nucleation
• secondary organics
• clouds
• climate.