Carter-Fenk, Kimberly A.; Allen, Heather C. (2019). Data from: Collapse Mechanisms of Nascent and Aged Sea Spray Aerosol Proxy Films. In Center for Aerosol Impacts on Chemistry of the Environment (CAICE). UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0ZK5DWH

Publication abstract: Sea spray aerosol (SSA) is highly enriched in marine-derived organic compounds during seasons of high biological productivity, and saturated fatty acids comprise one of the most abundant classes of molecules. Fatty acids and other organic compounds form a film on SSA surfaces, and SSA particle surface-area-to-volume ratios are altered during aging in the marine boundary layer (MBL). To understand SSA surface organization and its role during dynamic atmospheric conditions, an SSA proxy fatty acid film and its individual components stearic acid (SA), palmitic acid (PA), and myristic acid (MA) are studied separately using surface pressure – area isotherms and Brewster angle microscopy (BAM). The films were spread on an aqueous NaCl subphase at pH 8.2, 5.6, and 2.0 to mimic nascent to aged SSA aqueous core composition in the MBL, respectively. We show that the individual fatty acid behavior differs from that of the SSA proxy film, and at nascent SSA pH the mixture yields a monolayer with intermediate rigidity that folds upon film compression to the collapse state. Acidification causes the SSA proxy film to become more rigid and form 3D nuclei. Our results reveal film morphology alterations, which are related to SSA reflectivity, throughout various stages of SSA aging and provide a better understanding of SSA impacts on climate.

• Time period of project: 2017-10-01 to 2018-10-13

• 2019

• Carter-Fenk, Kimberly A.

• Allen, Heather C.
• Carter-Fenk, Kimberly A.

• Allen, Heather C.

• Air-sea interface
• Brewster angle microscopy (BAM)
• Collapse
• Isotherm
• Monolayer
• Sea spray aerosol (SSA)

• English

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J0ZK5DWH

Primary associated publication

• Carter-Fenk, K.A.; Allen, H.C. Collapse Mechanisms of Nascent and Aged Sea Spray Aerosol Proxy Films. Atmosphere 2018, 9, 503. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9120503

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