Aerosol water soluble organic matter characteristics over the North Atlantic Ocean: Implications for iron-binding ligands and iron solubility

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 173, Issue , 2015, Pages 162-172

  Wozniak, Andrew S ^a   Shelley, Rachel U ^b,c   McElhenie, Stephanie D ^a   Landing, William M ^b   Hatcher, Patrick G ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosols; GEOTRACES; Iron; Iron solubility; Iron binding ligands; Marine aerosols; NMR spectroscopy; North Atlantic Ocean; Organic matter; SCOR; Water soluble organic matter

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CORRELATION; IRON; LIGAND; ORGANIC MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84928256810     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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