Global estimates of mineral dust aerosol iron and aluminum solubility that account for particle size using diffusion-controlled and surface-area-controlled approximations

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Han, Qin ^a   Zender, Charles S ^a   Moore, J Keith ^a   Buck, Clifton S ^b   Chen, Ying ^c   Johansen, Anne ^d   Measures, Christopher I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SIZE; DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED MODEL; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST ENTRAINMENT; GLOBAL ESTIMATE; GLOBAL MODELS; INDIAN OCEAN; IRON DEPOSITION; MINERAL AEROSOLS; MINERAL DUST AEROSOL; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN MODEL; OPEN OCEAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; SIZE DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; DUST; IRON; MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SOLUBILITY;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALUMINUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DIFFUSION; DUST; GLOBAL CHANGE; IRON; MINERAL; OPEN OCEAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE AREA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84862861121     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004186     Document Type: Article

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