Meteoritic materials within sulfate aerosol particles in the troposphere are detected with transmission electron microscopy

Kouji Adachi; Naga Oshima; Nobuyuki Takegawa; Nobuhiro Moteki; Makoto Koike

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00469-8

Communications Earth & Environment (Jun 2022)

Meteoritic materials within sulfate aerosol particles in the troposphere are detected with transmission electron microscopy

Kouji Adachi,
Naga Oshima,
Nobuyuki Takegawa,
Nobuhiro Moteki,
Makoto Koike

Affiliations

Kouji Adachi: Department of Atmosphere, Ocean, and Earth System Modeling Research, Meteorological Research Institute
Naga Oshima: Department of Atmosphere, Ocean, and Earth System Modeling Research, Meteorological Research Institute
Nobuyuki Takegawa: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Nobuhiro Moteki: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Makoto Koike: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00469-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Stratospheric meteorite dust particles can be entrained into the upper troposphere by tropopause folding, where the particles may affect cloud formation, according to electron microscopy of extraplanetary materials found within tropospheric sulfate aerosol particles

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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