Sub-micrometre particulate matter is primarily in liquid form over Amazon rainforest
dc.contributor.author | Bateman, Adam P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gong, Zhaoheng | |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Pengfei | |
dc.contributor.author | Sato, Bruno | |
dc.contributor.author | Cirino, Glauber | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Yue | |
dc.contributor.author | Artaxo, Paulo | |
dc.contributor.author | Bertram, Allan K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Manzi, Antonio O. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rizzo, Luciana V. [UNIFESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Souza, Rodrigo A. F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zaveri, Rahul A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Martin, Scot T. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-21T10:30:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-21T10:30:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.description.abstract | Atmospheric particulate matter influences the Earth's energy balance directly, by altering or absorbing solar radiation, and indirectly by influencing cloud formation(1). Whether organic particulate matter exists in a liquid, semi-solid, or solid state can affect particle growth and reactivity(2,3), and hence particle number, size and composition. The properties and abundance of particles, in turn, influence their direct and indirecte effects on energy balance(4). Non-liquid particulate matter was identified over a boreal forest of Northern Europe(5), but laboratory studies suggest that, at higher relative humidity levels, particles can be liquid(6,7). Here we measure the physical state of particulate matter with diameters smaller than 1 mu m over the tropical rainforest of central Amazonia in 2013. A real-time particle rebound technique shows that the particulate matter was liquid for relative humidity greater than 80% for temperatures between 296 and 300 K during both the wet and dry seasons. Combining these findings with the distributions of relative humidity and temperature in Amazonia, we conclude that near-surface sub-micrometre particulate matter in Amazonia is liquid most of the time during both the wet and the dry seasons. | en |
dc.description.affiliation | Harvard Univ, Sch Engn & Appl Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Fed Sao Carlos, BR-13565905 Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Natl Inst Amazonian Res, BR-60060000 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Sao Paulo, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ British Columbia, Dept Chem, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Earth & Exact Sci, BR-09972270 Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Amazonas State Univ, BR-69050020 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Pacific NW Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA | |
dc.description.affiliation | Harvard Univ, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA | |
dc.description.affiliationUnifesp | Department of Earth and Exact Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo 09972-270, Brazil | |
dc.description.source | Web of Science | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Office of Biological and Environmental Research | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Program of Office of Biological and Environmental Research | |
dc.description.sponsorship | United States Department of Energy (DOE) | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM) | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) | |
dc.format.extent | 34 | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2599 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Nature Geoscience. New York, v. 9, n. 1, p. 34, 2016. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/NGEO2599 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1752-0894 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/49693 | |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000367200300012 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nature Geoscience | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | |
dc.subject | Secondary Organic Aerosol | en |
dc.subject | Atmospheric Aerosols | en |
dc.subject | Relative-Humidity | en |
dc.subject | Size Distribution | en |
dc.subject | Alpha-Pinene | en |
dc.subject | Phase State | en |
dc.subject | Particles | en |
dc.subject | Growth | en |
dc.subject | Reactivity | en |
dc.subject | Precipitation | en |
dc.title | Sub-micrometre particulate matter is primarily in liquid form over Amazon rainforest | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |