(Research Results) The mineral dust aerosols and associated iron solubility is one of the key factors controlling the formation of sulfate aerosols.
A research team including Atsushi Matsuki (Associate Professor, division of atmospheric environmental studies), Shohei Hattori (Associate Professor, ICIER, Nanjing University), Syuichi Itahashi, (Chief investigator, SSRL, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry) published a paper in Environmental Science and Technology.
By the combination of the observation in Noto peninsula and chemical transport models, they found that the mineral dust aerosols and associated iron solubility is one of the key factors controlling the formation of sulfate aerosols. Such finding will help better predict the impacts of sulfate aerosols on the regional air pollution and future climate change.
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