Mihaela Mircea

TL;DR: It is found that during bloom periods, the organic fraction dominates and contributes 63% to the submicrometre aerosol mass (about 45% is water-insoluble and about 18% water-soluble) and is therefore an important component of the aerosol–cloud–climate feedback system involving marine biota.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report measurements on vacuum-evaporated samples of cloud water from the Po Valley, Italy, that show a large decrease in surface tension, by up to about one-third relative to pure water, for realistic concentrations of organic solutes expected to exist in growing droplets.

TL;DR: 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.

TL;DR: In this article, water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) was observed in the sub-micron mode with a mass concentration of 0.25 ± 0.04 m gm � 3, comparable to that of nss sulphate, and in the supermicron modes with an average mass concentration 0.17 ± 0., 0.26 ± 0, 0.29 ± 0.

TL;DR: Several observations support the hypothesis that DMA+ and DEA+ have a biogenic oceanic source and are produced through the reaction of gaseous amines with sulfuric acid or acidic sulfates.