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The phenomenological behavior of submicron aerosols in the Antarctic atmosphere is summarized and discussed in relation with their significance in aerosol processes in Antarctica, It is inferred that two types of aerosols with different histories are important in the antarctic troposphere; the intrusion of maritime air during the cyclonic storms that occur mostly during cold months, causes sea-salt particles and aged sulfate particles, originally contained in the clean maritime air, to dominate the aerosols; on the other hand, during worm months, aerosols in the chemical form of sulfuric acid are predominant. These sulfuric acid aerosols are formed by photochemical oxidation of sulfur-bearing gasses in the sunlit troposphere over Antarctica, although detailed process of the aerosol formation is still open question. Most of Antarctic submicron aerosols are of tropospheric origin, not stratospheric nor anthropogenic.
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Ito, T. (1995). Nature and Origin of Antarctic Submicron Aerosols. In: Delmas, R.J. (eds) Ice Core Studies of Global Biogeochemical Cycles. NATO ASI Series, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51172-1_2
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