Number Fractions of Sulfate-, Nitrate- and Seasalt-containing Mineral Particles in Three Dust Events at Southwestern Japan

摘要

Asian dust particles are frequently dispersed to eastern China, Korea peninsula, Japan, the northern central Pacific and sometimes even to North America. Studies have suggested that Asian dust can change the geochemical mass cycles in East Asia and the North Pacific areas, enhance the primarily production of plankton in the ocean and consequently have an influence on climate change. Thus understanding the physical and chemical properties of Asian dust particles during their long-range transport is also important for marine ecosystem studies.