Revising the hygroscopicity of inorganic sea salt particles

P. Zieger (), O. Väisänen, J. C. Corbin, D. G. Partridge, S. Bastelberger, M. Mousavi-Fard, B. Rosati, M. Gysel, U. K. Krieger, C. Leck, A. Nenes, I. Riipinen, A. Virtanen and M. E. Salter
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P. Zieger: Stockholm University
O. Väisänen: University of Eastern Finland
J. C. Corbin: Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute
D. G. Partridge: Stockholm University
S. Bastelberger: Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich
M. Mousavi-Fard: Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich
B. Rosati: Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute
M. Gysel: Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute
U. K. Krieger: Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich
C. Leck: Bolin Centre for Climate Research
A. Nenes: School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
I. Riipinen: Stockholm University
A. Virtanen: University of Eastern Finland
M. E. Salter: Stockholm University

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Sea spray is one of the largest natural aerosol sources and plays an important role in the Earth’s radiative budget. These particles are inherently hygroscopic, that is, they take-up moisture from the air, which affects the extent to which they interact with solar radiation. We demonstrate that the hygroscopic growth of inorganic sea salt is 8–15% lower than pure sodium chloride, most likely due to the presence of hydrates. We observe an increase in hygroscopic growth with decreasing particle size (for particle diameters

Date: 2017
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