Growth of nucleation mode particles in the summertime Arctic: a case study
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- <jats:p>Abstract. The summertime Arctic lower troposphere is a relatively pristine, background aerosol environment dominated by nucleation and Aitken mode particles. Understanding the mechanisms that control the formation and growth of aerosol is crucial for our ability to predict cloud properties, and therefore radiative balance and climate. We present an analysis of an aerosol growth event observed in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago during summer as part of the NETCARE project. Under stable and clean atmospheric conditions, with low inversion heights, carbon monoxide less than 80 ppbv and black carbon less than 5 ng m−3, we observe growth of small particles, < 20 nm in diameter, into sizes above 50 nm. Aerosol growth was correlated with the presence of organic species, trimethylamine and methanesulfonic acid (MSA) in particles ~ 80 nm and larger, where the organics are similar to those previously observed in marine settings. MSA-to-sulfate ratios as high as 0.15 were observed during aerosol growth, suggesting an important marine influence. The organic-rich aerosol contributes significantly to particles active as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN, supersaturation = 0.6 %), which are elevated in concentration during aerosol growth above background levels of ~ 100 cm3 to ~ 220 cm </jats:p>
- Autoren
- Megan D Willis
- Julia Burkart
- Jennie L Thomas
- Franziska Köllner
- Johannes Schneider
- Heiko Bozem
- Peter M Hoor
- Amir A Aliabadi
- Hannes Schulz
- Andreas B Herber
- W Richard Leaitch
- Jonathan PD Abbatt
- DOI
- 10.5194/acp-2016-256
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2016
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- Published
- Herausgeber URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-2016-256
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2021
- Titel
- Growth of nucleation mode particles in the summertime Arctic: a case study
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