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Atmospheric microplastic emissions from land and ocean
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2025
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Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Silvia Bucci,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Silvia Bucci,
Ioanna Evangelou,
A. Stohl
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Silvia Bucci,
Ioanna Evangelou,
Ioanna Evangelou,
A. Stohl
Ioanna Evangelou,
Silvia Bucci,
A. Stohl
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
Silvia Bucci,
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
Silvia Bucci,
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
A. Stohl
Summary
Researchers quantified atmospheric microplastic emissions from both land and ocean surfaces, finding that re-suspension of deposited plastics from land and sea spray from the ocean are significant sources of airborne particles. The results highlight that the ocean is not just a sink but also a source of airborne microplastics.
Study Type
Environmental
Atmospheric microplastic compiled dataset: Excel and CSV formats (atmo_MP_dataset.xlsx, atmo_MP_dataset.csv) Top-down (TD-B, TD-E), bottom-up (BU), and scaled BU microplastic number emissions for size ranges of 5-10, 10-25, 25-50, and 50-100 $\mu$m: NetCDF format (TDB_emissions.nc, TDE_emissions.nc, BU_emissions.nc, scaled_BU_emissions.nc). The corresponding mass emissions of a size bin can be calculated by multiplying the number emission field by the mass of a spherical particle with size the geometric mean of the size bin and density equal to 1200 kg m$^{-3}$. FLEXPART version 11 settings: configuration files of the backward simulations (FLEXPART_options)