Abstract
Aerosol and precipitation sampling as part of the 2003 Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR)-CO 2 Repeat Hydrography trace element sampling program has produced an aerosol chemistry dataset for a region of the central Atlantic Ocean between 65°N and 5°S. This dataset includes analyses of aerosol particle chemistry as well as Fe and Al solubility (measured using a rapid, flow-through leaching technique). Several factors thought to influence aerosol Fe solubility including chemical weathering and aerosol source are evaluated as well. Air mass back-trajectories were used to characterize the atmospheric regime of each aerosol sample. Aerosol concentrations varied greatly with the highest concentrations observed between 23°N and 8.7°N. Aerosol Fe solubility was 9% ± 5% in seawater and 15% ± 8% in ultrapure deionized water. The concentration of soluble aerosol Fe in seawater was estimated with reasonable accuracy from the concentration of soluble aerosol Fe in deionized water by the relationship logFe SW = (0.85 ± 0.039) logFe DI + log (1 ± 1.2), ( r 2 = 0.93).
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