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. 2013 Jul 24;3:2280. doi: 10.1038/srep02280

Table 2. Sum of SOA tracers (ng/m3) from isoprene and monoterpenes at different locations.

  isoprene SOA tracers monoterpene SOA tracers
locations Range Mean Range Mean reference
East Antarctica 0.24–6.0 1.3 0.075–0.62 0.28 This study
Prydz Bay 0.28–6.0 1.9 0.075–0.51 0.24 This study
West Antarctica 0.018–0.81 0.27 0.048–1.7 0.26 This study
Southern Ocean 0.26–24 12 0.046–1.9 0.66 This study
Australian adjacent sea 0.34–10 4.2 0.046–1.9 0.66 This study
Southeast Asia 3.1–22 11 0.045–0.48 0.19 This study
  _* 22 _ 5.3** Fu, et al.25
North Indian Ocean _ 5.1 _ 2.7** Fu, et al.25
Western North Pacific 1.2–35 18 0.15–17 8.6 This study
  0.11–0.51 0.36 0.60–2.9** 1.3** Fu, et al.25
Eastern North Pacific 0.17–8.3 3.6 0.020–1.5** 4.1** Fu, et al.25
North Atlantic 0.20–0.54 0.37 0.55–0.79** 0.67** Fu, et al.25
East China Sea _ 36 _ 20 This study
Sea of Japan 22–27 24 5.5–18 11 This study
Sea of Okhotsk _ 35 _ 9.9 This study
Bering Sea 3.9–23 12 0.87–11 3.9 This study
the Arctic Ocean 1.4–13 4.6 0.73–5.6 1.9 This study
  0.16–32 4.0 *** 0.63** Fu, et al.26
90°S–60°S 0.023–6.0 0.87 0.048–0.62 0.20 This study
60°S–30°S 0.018–24 3.1 0.046–1.7 0.30 This study
30°S–30°N 1.2–22 9.2 0.045–1.9 0.56 This study
30°N–60°N 13–36 25 3.6–20 11 This study
60°N–90°N 1.4–13 5.3 0.73–5.8 2.0 This study
Southern Hemisphere 0.018–24 3.3 0.045–1.9 0.31 This study
Northern Hemisphere 1.2–36 14 0.13–20 5.8 This study

*“_” means only one sample in this region.

**The monoterpene SOA tracers are the sum of PNA, PA, MBTCA and HGA.

***The range of monoterpene SOA tracers reported by Fu, et al.26 was not compared here because four tracers (3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclobutanecarboxylic acid, 3-acetylglutaric acid, 3-acetyladipicacid and 3-isopropylglutaric acid) counted in the sum of monoterpene SOA tracers in the reference were not measured in this study.