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Sulfate aerosol

Appears in 3 processs and 3 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

Top processes

Condensation, clouds and precipitation

1 step

Phytoplankton release dimethyl sulfide, which becomes sulfate particles that seed clouds (CLAW hypothesis, still debated)

Global sulfur cycle: emissions, sulfate aerosol and deposition

1 step

SO2 lasts only a few days in the lower air, oxidising to sulfuric acid in the gas phase and inside cloud droplets

Tropospheric ozone, NOx-VOC chemistry and aerosol nucleation

1 step

Sulfuric acid from SO2 oxidation nucleates new particles: 100 ppt of ammonia raises the nucleation rate 100 to 1,000-fold and ions add a factor of 2 to 10

Often found with

Atmosphere 2 Phytoplankton 1 Dimethyl sulfide 1 Clouds 1 Dimethyl sulfide 1 Cloud droplets 1 Sulfur dioxide 1 Aerosols 1 Aerosols 1

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