Minor effect of physical size sorting on iron solubility of transported mineral dust

Shi, Z. B., Woodhouse, M. T., Carslaw, K. S., Krom, M. D., Mann, G. W., Baker, A. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8365-8953, Savov, I., Fones, G., Brooks, B., Jickells, T. D. and Benning, L. G. (2011) Minor effect of physical size sorting on iron solubility of transported mineral dust. pp. 14309-14338.

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Abstract

Observations show that the fractional solubility of Fe (FS-Fe, ratio of dissolved to total Fe) in dust aerosol increases dramatically from ~0.1% in regions of high dust mass concentration to 80% in remote regions where concentrations are low. Here, we combined laboratory geochemical measurements with global aerosol model simulations to test the hypothesis that the increase in FS-Fe is due to physical size sorting during transport. We determined the FS-Fe and fractional solubility of Al (FS-Al) in size-fractionated dust generated from two representative soil samples collected from known Saharan dust source regions using a customized dust re-suspension and collection system. The results show that the FS-Fe is size-dependent and ranges from 0.1-0.3 % in the coarse size fractions (>1 µm) to ~0.2-0.8 % in the fine size fractions (

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climate, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017)
Depositing User: Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited: 06 Jun 2011 13:48
Last Modified: 14 Sep 2023 15:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/31847
DOI: 10.5194/acpd-11-14309-2011

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