[A-AS06] Atmospheric Chemistry

[AAS06-P26] Do hypohalous acids play important roles on sulfate formation in the Antarctic atmosphere?

*Sakiko Ishino¹, Shohei Hattori¹, Joel Savarino², Qianjie Chen³, Jingyuan Shao^3,4, Naohiro Yoshida^1,5, Becky Alexander³ (1.School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 2.Institut des Geosciences de l’Environnement, Universite Grenoble Alpes/CNRS, France, 3.Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, USA, 4.Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, China, 5.Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Tehcnology, Japan)

Keywords:Antarctica, Sulfate aerosols, Reactive bromine, 17O excess

Br_y (= HBr + HOBr + Br₂ + BrO + BrNO₂ + BrNO₃ + Br) is thought to play important roles in atmospheric chemistry in the Antarctic boundary layer through e.g., ozone destruction by Br atoms and oxidation of dimethyl sulfide by BrO [1,2]. A series of studies has indicated that a major source of Br_y in coastal Antarctica is blowing-snow which takes a part of brine on the sea ice surface to the atmosphere [3,4]. Therefore, it has been suggested that the importance of Br_y is limited at Dumont d’Urville (DDU; 66°40'S, 140°01'E), one of coastal Antarctic stations where the sea ice extent is relatively low compared to other coastal stations and highly exposed to the continental winds from the East Antarctic plateau [5]. Nevertheless, ¹⁷O-excess (Δ¹⁷O ≒ δ¹⁷O – 0.52 x δ¹⁸O) of atmospheric sulfate (SO₄^2-) at DDU showed relatively low values in spring compared to autumn, which indicates the possibility of a significant contribution of hypohalous acids (HOBr, HOCl) to aqueous S(IV) oxidation in the spring time [6].
To test this hypothesis, we simulate ¹⁷O excess of SO₄^2- using 3D chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem) in which reactions of S(IV) and hypohalous acids were recently implemented. We discuss the results by comparison of the observations at DDU with those from Concordia (75°06'S, 123°33'E), the inland Antarctic station which is located more than 1,000 km away from the sea ice.

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