TY - JOUR
T1 - Observation of possible elemental sulfur in the marine atmosphere and speculation on its origin
AU - Atlas, Elliot
N1 - Funding Information:
the emissionw ill ultimatelyfo rm solid and gaseous Ss. ,Anotherd irects ourcem ay be elementaslu lfur emissionfsr om coastaml arshesa ndi ntertidaal reas. Elementasl ulfur is often associatewd ith other re- Acknowledgements--Twhios rk was supportedb y NSF GrantsO CE#84--1572a6n dA TM#87-17002I .t hankS . Cross,H . Tong, S. Sweeta ndD. Sweetfo r helpi n sample collectionS. . Schaufltearn dT. J. Whitep rovidedv aluable technicaalssistancien the laboratoryanalysis.I thank J. DlugokenckyE . J. and Howard C. J. (1988)L aboratory CalvertforhelpfuldiscussiononS oxidationprocesses, studieso f NO3 radicalr eactionws ith somea tmospheric sulfurc ompoundsJ.. phys.C hem9. 2, 1188-1193.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Samples obtained during research cruises in the North Atlantic and the North Pacific showed possible evidence of gas-phase elemental sulfur, S8. Though the sampling and analytical method are still untested for this sulfur species, these data represent the first suggestion that this sulfur species exists in the marine troposphere. Concentrations of S8 were ∼ 1 ng m-3 or less, though these measurements may represent a lower limit of the true ambient concentration. Though there are only few data, concentrations of elemental sulfur appear to be elevated near coastal or continental margins in the North Atlantic. Possible sources of elemental sulfur include direct vaporization during the sulfur processing, automotive emissions, geothermal emissions, and heterogeneous oxidation of reduced sulfur in cloud droplets.
AB - Samples obtained during research cruises in the North Atlantic and the North Pacific showed possible evidence of gas-phase elemental sulfur, S8. Though the sampling and analytical method are still untested for this sulfur species, these data represent the first suggestion that this sulfur species exists in the marine troposphere. Concentrations of S8 were ∼ 1 ng m-3 or less, though these measurements may represent a lower limit of the true ambient concentration. Though there are only few data, concentrations of elemental sulfur appear to be elevated near coastal or continental margins in the North Atlantic. Possible sources of elemental sulfur include direct vaporization during the sulfur processing, automotive emissions, geothermal emissions, and heterogeneous oxidation of reduced sulfur in cloud droplets.
KW - Elemental sulfur
KW - marine atmosphere
KW - sulfur emissions
KW - sulfur oxidation
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U2 - 10.1016/0960-1686(91)90200-Q
DO - 10.1016/0960-1686(91)90200-Q
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0025925694
VL - 25
SP - 2701
EP - 2705
JO - Atmospheric Environment - Part A General Topics
JF - Atmospheric Environment - Part A General Topics
SN - 0960-1686
IS - 12
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