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    Unraveling the sources of atmospheric organic aerosols over the Arabian Sea: Insights from the stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition

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    2022
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    Bikkina, P.
    Bikkina, S.
    Kawamura, K.
    Sarma, V.V.S.S.
    Deshmukh, D.K.
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    The isotopic composition of stable carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15N) in marine aerosols influenced by the continental outflows are useful proxies for understanding the aging and secondary formation processes. Every winter, the haze pollutants transported from South Asia significantly affect the chemical composition of marine atmospheric boundary layer of the Arabian Sea. Here, we assessed the δ 13C of total carbon (TC) and δ 15N of total nitrogen (TN) in marine aerosols collected over the Arabian Sea during a winter cruise (6-24 December 2018). TC (2.1-13.4 µg m-3) is strongly correlated with TN (0.9-5.0 µg m-3), likely because of their common source-emissions, biomass burning and fossil-fuel combustion in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and South Asia (corroborated by backward-air mass trajectories and satellite fire counts). Besides, the linear relationship between the mass ratios of water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) to TC (0.04-0.65) and ?13CTC (-25.1‰ to -22.9‰ ) underscores the importance of aging process. This means oxidation of organic aerosols during transport not only influences the WSOC levels but also affects their δ 13CTC.
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2022.154260
    https://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/8865
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