@article{fdi:010052969, title = {{P}otential source regions of biogenic aerosol number concentration apportioning at {K}ing {G}eorge {I}sland, {A}ntarctic {P}eninsula}, author = {{A}lencar, {A}.{S}. and {E}vangelista, {H}. and {D}os {S}antos, {E}.{A}. and {C}orrea, {S}. {M}. and {K}hodri, {M}yriam and {G}arcia, {V}.{M}.{T}. and {G}arcia, {C}.{A}.{E}. and {P}ereira, {E}.{B}. and {P}iola, {A}. {R}. and {F}elzenszwalb, {I}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{N}owadays it is well accepted that background aerosols in the boundary layer over remote oceans are of marine origin and not aged continental {P}articularly in the {A}tlantic sector of the {S}outhern {O}cean at least four main important regions exhibit significant ocean primary productivity {T}hey are the {B}ellingshausen-{A}mundsen {S}ea the {W}eddell {S}ea the southern {A}rgentinean shelf and the southern {C}hilean coast {I}n this work we have combined ground based continuous atmospheric sampling of aerosol number concentration ({ANC}) over sea dimethyl sulphide ({DMS}) measurements chlorophyll a (chl a) concentration provided by {S}ea viewing {W}ide {F}ield of view {S}ensor ({S}ea{W}(1){FS}) satellite images in situ, meteorological data and monthly regional {NCEP} {NCAR} re analysis wind fields in order to investigate the relative contribution of each of the above regions to the apportionment of the {ANC} at {K}ing {G}eorge {I}sland ({KGI}) {S}outh {S}hetland {I}slands {O}ur results suggest that at least during the period from {S}eptember 1998 {D}ecember 1999 the southern {A}rgentinean shelf acted as the main contributor to the {ANC} measured in {KGI}}, keywords = {{A}ntarctica ; atmospheric transport ; chlorophyll a ; dimethyl sulphide}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}ntarctic {S}cience}, volume = {22}, numero = {5}, pages = {580--588}, ISSN = {0954-1020}, year = {2010}, DOI = {10.1017/s0954102010000398}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010052969}, }