Browsing by Author "Ceburnis, Darius"

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    • A combined organic-inorganic sea-spray source function 

      O'Dowd, Colin D.; Langmann, Baerbel; Varghese, Saji; Scannell, Claire; Ceburnis, Darius; Facchini, Maria Cristina (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008-01-01)
      This study presents a novel approach to develop a combined organic-inorganic sub-micron sea-spray source function for inclusion in large-scale models. It requires wind speed and surface ocean chlorophyll-a concentration ...

    • Antarctic sea ice region as a source of biogenic organic nitrogen in aerosols 

      Dall’Osto, Manuel; Ovadnevaite, Jurgita; Paglione, Marco; Beddows, David C. S.; Ceburnis, Darius; Cree, Charlotte; Cortés, Pau; Zamanillo, Marina; Nunes, Sdena O.; Pérez, Gonzalo L.; Ortega-Retuerta, Eva; Emelianov, Mikhail; Vaqué, Dolors; Marrasé, Cèlia; Estrada, Marta; Sala, M. Montserrat; Vidal, Montserrat; Fitzsimons, Mark F.; Beale, Rachael; Airs, Ruth; Rinaldi, Matteo; Decesari, Stefano; Cristina Facchini, Maria; Harrison, Roy M.; O’Dowd, Colin; Simó, Rafel (Springer Nature, 2017-07-20)
      Climate warming affects the development and distribution of sea ice, but at present the evidence of polar ecosystem feedbacks on climate through changes in the atmosphere is sparse. By means of synergistic atmospheric and ...

    • Bistable effect of organic enrichment on sea spray radiative properties 

      Vaishya, Aditya; Ovadnevaite, Jurgita; Bialek, Jakub; Jennings, S. Gerard; Ceburnis, Darius; O'Dowd, Colin D. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-12-16)
      Primary-produced sea spray aerosol, typically comprising sea-salt, but also enriched with organic matter (OM) in biologically active oceanic regions, impacts the global radiative budget through contributions to aerosol ...

    • Connecting marine productivity to sea-spray via nanoscale biological processes: phytoplankton dance or death disco? 

      O’Dowd, Colin; Ceburnis, Darius; Ovadnevaite, Jurgita; Bialek, Jakub; Stengel, Dagmar B.; Zacharias, Merry; Nitschke, Udo; Connan, Solene; Rinaldi, Matteo; Fuzzi, Sandro; Decesari, Stefano; Cristina Facchini, Maria; Marullo, Salvatore; Santoleri, Rosalia; Dell’Anno, Antonio; Corinaldesi, Cinzia; Tangherlini, Michael; Danovaro, Roberto (Springer Nature, 2015-10-14)
      Bursting bubbles at the ocean-surface produce airborne salt-water spray-droplets, in turn, forming climate-cooling marine haze and cloud layers. The reflectance and ultimate cooling effect of these layers is determined by ...

    • Contribution of feldspar and marine organic aerosols to global ice nucleating particle concentrations 

      Vergara-Temprado, Jesús; Murray, Benjamin J.; Wilson, Theodore W.; O'Sullivan, Daniel; Browse, Jo; Pringle, Kirsty J.; Ardon-Dryer, Karin; Bertram, Allan K.; Burrows, Susannah M.; Ceburnis, Darius; DeMott, Paul J.; Mason, Ryan H.; O'Dowd, Colin D.; Rinaldi, Matteo; Carslaw, Ken S. (Copernicus GmbH, 2017-03-15)
      Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) are known to affect the amount of ice in mixed-phase clouds, thereby influencing many of their properties. The atmospheric INP concentration changes by orders of magnitude from terrestrial ...

    • Detecting high contributions of primary organic matter to marine aerosol: a case study 

      Ovadnevaite, Jurgita; O'Dowd, Colin; Dall'Osto, Manuel; Ceburnis, Darius; Worsnop, Douglas R.; Berresheim, Harald (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-01-01)
      Using on-line High-Resolution Aerosol Mass Spectrometry, we report submicron organic marine aerosol plume concentrations peaking at 3.8 mu g m(-3). These concentrations are far greater than previously determined by off-line ...

    • The EMEP Intensive Measurement Period campaign, 2008-2009: characterizing carbonaceous aerosol at nine rural sites in Europe 

      Yttri, Karl Espen; Simpson, David; Bergström, Robert; Kiss, Gyula; Szidat, Sonke; Ceburnis, Darius; Eckhardt, Sabine; Hueglin, Christoph; Nojgaard, Jacob Kleno; Perrino, Cinzia; Pisso, Ignazio; Prevot, Andre Stephan Henry; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Spindler, Gerald; Vana, Milan; Zhang, Yan-Lin; Aas, Wenche (European Geosciences Union (EGU), 2019-04-03)
      Carbonaceous aerosol (total carbon, TCp) was source apportioned at nine European rural background sites, as part of the European Measurement and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) Intensive Measurement Periods in fall 2008 and ...

    • Evidence of a natural marine source of oxalic acid and a possible link to glyoxal 

      Rinaldi, Matteo; Decesari, Stefano; Carbone, Claudio; Finessi, Emanuela; Fuzzi, Sandro; Ceburnis, Darius; O'Dowd, Colin D.; Sciare, Jean; Burrows, John P.; Vrekoussis, Mihalis; Ervens, Barbara; Tsigaridis, Kostas; Facchini, Maria Cristina (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-08-26)
      This paper presents results supporting the existence of a natural source of oxalic acid over the oceans. Oxalate was detected in "clean-sector" marine aerosol samples at Mace Head (Ireland) (53 degrees ...

    • Geochemistry of pm<sub>10</sub> over europe during the emep intensive measurement periods in summer 2012 and winter 2013 

      Alastuey, Andrés; Querol, Xavier; Aas, Wenche; Lucarelli, Franco; Pérez, Noemí; Moreno, Teresa; Cavalli, Fabrizia; Areskoug, Hans; Balan, Violeta; Catrambone, Maria; Ceburnis, Darius; Cerro, José C.; Conil, Sébastien; Gevorgyan, Lusine; Hueglin, Christoph; Imre, Kornelia; Jaffrezo, Jean-Luc; Leeson, Sarah R.; Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos; Mitosinkova, Marta; O'Dowd, Colin D.; Pey, Jorge; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Riffault, Véronique; Ripoll, Anna; Sciare, Jean; Sellegri, Karine; Spindler, Gerald; Yttri, Karl Espen (Copernicus GmbH, 2016-05-19)
      The third intensive measurement period (IMP) organised by the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) under the UNECE CLTRAP took place in summer 2012 and winter 2013, with PM10 filter samples concurrently ...

    • Global modeling of the oceanic source of organic aerosols 

      Myriokefalitakis, Stelios; Vignati, Elisabetta; Tsigaridis, Kostas; Papadimas, Christos; Sciare, Jean; Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos; Facchini, Maria Cristina; Rinaldi, Matteo; Dentener, Frank J.; Ceburnis, Darius; Hatzianastasiou, Nikos; O'Dowd, Colin D.; van Weele, Michiel; Kanakidou, Maria (Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01)
      The global marine organic aerosol budget is investigated by a 3-dimensional chemistry-transport model considering recently proposed parameterisations of the primary marine organic aerosol (POA) and secondary organic aerosol ...

    • Growth rates during coastal and marine new particle formation in western ireland 

      Ehn, Mikael; Vuollekoski, Henri; Petäjä, Tuukka; Kerminen, Veli-Matti; Vana, Marko; Aalto, Pasi; de Leeuw, Gerrit; Ceburnis, Darius; Dupuy, Regis; O'Dowd, Colin D.; Kulmala, Markku (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-09-28)
      Growth rates of new particles during coastal and marine secondary aerosol particle formation events were studied in western Ireland, both at the Mace Head atmospheric research station and onboard the R/V Celtic Explorer ...

    • Hygroscopicity of marine aerosol: Closure, long term observation and cloud condensation potential 

      Xu, Wei (NUI Galway, 2021-09-18)
      Marine aerosols have a profound impact on the global climate system by scattering solar radiation and serving as seeds for cloud formation. However, the marine aerosols in current models are still poorly represented and ...

    • Is chlorophyll-athe best surrogate for organic matter enrichment in submicron primary marine aerosol? 

      Rinaldi, Matteo; Fuzzi, Sandro; Decesari, Stefano; Marullo, Salvatore; Santoleri, Rosalia; Provenzale, Antonello; von Hardenberg, Jost; Ceburnis, Darius; Vaishya, Aditya; O'Dowd, Colin D.; Facchini, Maria Cristina (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-05-27)
      Initial efforts toward developing a combined organic-inorganic sea spray source function parameterization for large-scale models made use of chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) and wind speed as input parameters to combine oceanic biology ...

    • Marine aerosol chemistry gradients: elucidating primary and secondary processes and fluxes 

      Ceburnis, Darius; O'Dowd, Colin D.; Jennings, Gerard S.; Facchini, Maria Cristina; Emblico, Lorenza; Decesari, Stefano; Fuzzi, Sandro; Sakalys, Jonas (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008-04-01)
      Production mechanisms of aerosol chemical species, in terms of primary and secondary processes, were studied using vertical concentration gradient measurements at the coastal research station in Mace Head, Ireland. Total ...

    • Marine submicron aerosol gradients, sources and sinks 

      Ceburnis, Darius; Rinaldi, Matteo; Ovadnevaite, Jurgita; Martucci, Giovanni; Giulianelli, Lara; O'Dowd, Colin D. (Copernicus GmbH, 2016-10-04)
      Aerosol principal sources and sinks over eastern North Atlantic waters were studied through the deployment of an aerosol chemistry gradient sampling system. The chemical gradients of primary and secondary aerosol components ...

    • Molecular-scale evidence of aerosol particle formation via sequential addition of hio3 

      Sipilä, Mikko; Sarnela, Nina; Jokinen, Tuija; Henschel, Henning; Junninen, Heikki; Kontkanen, Jenni; Richters, Stefanie; Kangasluoma, Juha; Franchin, Alessandro; Peräkylä, Otso; Rissanen, Matti P.; Ehn, Mikael; Vehkamäki, Hanna; Kurten, Theo; Berndt, Torsten; Petäjä, Tuukka; Worsnop, Douglas; Ceburnis, Darius; Kerminen, Veli-Matti; Kulmala, Markku; O’Dowd, Colin (Springer Nature, 2016-08-31)
      Homogeneous nucleation and subsequent cluster growth leads to the formation of new aerosol particles in the atmosphere(1). The nucleation of sulfuric acid and organic vapours is thought to be responsible for the formation ...

    • Nitrogenated and aliphatic organic vapors as possible drivers for marine secondary organic aerosol growth 

      Dall'Osto, Manuel; Ceburnis, Darius; Monahan, Ciaran; Worsnop, Douglas R.; Bialek, Jakub; Kulmala, Markku; Kurtén, Theo; Ehn, Mikael; Wenger, John; Sodeau, John; Healy, Robert; O'Dowd, Colin (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-06-27)
      Measurements of marine aerosol chemistry, using state-of-the-art mass spectrometry, as well as aerosol microphysics, hygroscopicity and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) activity were undertaken during new particle growth ...

    • On the effect of wind speed on submicron sea salt mass concentrations and source fluxes 

      Ovadnevaite, Jurgita; Ceburnis, Darius; Canagaratna, Manjula; Berresheim, Harald; Bialek, Jakub; Martucci, Giovanni; Worsnop, Douglas R.; O'Dowd, Colin (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-08-16)
      A High Resolution Time of Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) was evaluated for its ability to quantify submicron sea salt mass concentrations. The evaluation included both laboratory and field studies. Quantification ...

    • Primary marine organic aerosol: a dichotomy of low hygroscopicity and high ccn activity 

      Ovadnevaite, Jurgita; Ceburnis, Darius; Martucci, Giovanni; Bialek, Jakub; Monahan, Ciaran; Rinaldi, Matteo; Facchini, Maria Cristina; Berresheim, Harald; Worsnop, Douglas R.; O'Dowd, Colin (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-11-01)
      High-time resolution measurements of primary marine organic sea-spray physico-chemical properties reveal an apparent dichotomous behavior in terms of water uptake: specifically sea-spray aerosol enriched in organic matter ...

    • Primary submicron marine aerosol dominated by insoluble organic colloids and aggregates 

      Facchini, Maria Cristina; Rinaldi, Matteo; Decesari, Stefano; Carbone, Claudio; Finessi, Emanuela; Mircea, Mihaela; Fuzzi, Sandro; Ceburnis, Darius; Flanagan, Robert; Nilsson, E. Douglas; de Leeuw, Gerrit; Martino, Manuela; Woeltjen, Janina; O'Dowd, Colin D. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008-09-12)
      The chemical properties of sea-spray aerosol particles produced by artificially generated bubbles using oceanic waters were investigated during a phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic. Spray particles exhibited a ...