Trace elements in the aerosol at Neumayer Station, Antarctica

Atmospheric trace element concentrations were measured from March 1999 through December 2003 at the Air Chemistry Observatory of the German Antarctic station Neumayer by inductively coupled plasma - quadrupol mass spectrometry (ICP-QMS) and ion chromatogra-phy (IC). This continuous five year long record derived from weekly aerosol sampling re-vealed a distinct seasonal summer maximum for elements linked with mineral dust entry (Al, La, Ce, Nd) and a winter maximum for the mostly sea salt derived elements Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca, and Sr. The relative seasonal amplitude was around 1.7 and 1.4 for mineral dust (La) and sea salt aerosol (Na), respectively. On average a significant deviation regarding mean ocean water composition was apparent for Li, Mg, and Sr which could hardly be explained by mir-abilite precipitation on freshly formed sea ice. In addition we observed all over the year a not clarified high variability of element ratios Li/Na, K/Na, Mg/Na, Ca/Na, and Sr/Na. We found an intriguing co-variation of Se concentrations with biogenic sulfur aerosols (methane sul-fonate and non-sea salt sulfate), indicating a dominant marine biogenic source for this element linked with the marine biogenic sulfur source.

Data and Resources

This dataset has no data

Cite this as

Weller, Rolf, Wöltjen, Janina, Piel, Claudia, Resenberg, Rosa, Wagenbach, Dietmar, König-Langlo, Gert, Kriews, Michael (2008). Dataset: Trace elements in the aerosol at Neumayer Station, Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.691456

DOI retrieved: 2008

Additional Info

Field Value
Imported on November 30, 2024
Last update November 30, 2024
License CC-BY-3.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.691456
Author Weller, Rolf
Given Name Rolf
Family Name Weller
More Authors
Wöltjen, Janina
Piel, Claudia
Resenberg, Rosa
Wagenbach, Dietmar
König-Langlo, Gert
Kriews, Michael
Source Creation 2008
Publication Year 2008
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: Neumayer_trace_elements
Subject Areas
Name: Atmosphere

Name: Chemistry

Related Identifiers
Title: Seasonal aspects of marine and mineral dust derived trace elements in the aerosol at Neumayer Station, Antarctica
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00372.x
Type: DOI
Relation: IsSupplementTo
Year: 2008
Source: Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Authors: Weller Rolf , Wöltjen Janina , Piel Claudia , Resenberg Rosa , Wagenbach Dietmar , König-Langlo Gert , Kriews Michael .