Polysaccharides, Proteins, and Phytoplankton Fragments: Four Chemically Distinct Types of Marine Primary Organic Aerosol Classified by Single Particle Spectromicroscopy

Carbon-containing aerosol particles collected in the Arctic and southeastern Pacific marine boundary layers show distinct chemical signatures of proteins, calcareous phytoplankton, and two types of polysaccharides in Near-Edge Absorption X-ray Fine Structure (NEXAFS) spectromicroscopy. Arctic sample...

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Main Authors: Lelia N. Hawkins, Lynn M. Russell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/612132