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CCN activity of size-selected aerosol at a Pacific coastal location |
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J. D. Yakobi-Hancock, L. A. Ladino, A. K. Bertram, J. A. Huffman, K. Jones, W. R. Leaitch, R. H. Mason, C. L. Schiller, D. Toom-Sauntry, J. P. S. Wong, J. P. D. Abbatt |
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Sprache |
Englisch
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1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 14, no. 22 ; Nr. 14, no. 22 (2014-11-24), S.12307-12317 |
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250119181
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copernicus.org/acp-14-12307-2014.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
As one aspect of the NETwork on
Climate and Aerosols: addressing key
uncertainties in Remote Canadian
Environments (NETCARE), measurements of the cloud condensation
nucleation properties of 50 and 100 nm aerosol particles were conducted
at Ucluelet on the west coast of Vancouver Island in August 2013. The
overall hygroscopicity parameter of the aerosol (κambient)
exhibited a wide variation, ranging from 0.14 ± 0.05 to 1.08 ±
0.40 (where the uncertainty represents the systematic error). The highest
κ values arose when the organic-to-sulfate ratio of the
aerosol was lowest and when winds arrived from the west after transport
through the marine boundary layer. The average κambient
during this time was 0.57 ± 0.16, where the uncertainty represents
the standard deviation. At most other times, the air was predominantly
influenced by both marine and continental emissions, which had lower average
PM1 κambient values (max value, 0.41 ± 0.08). The two-day
average aerosol ionic composition also showed variation, but was
consistently acidic and dominated by ammonium (18–56% by mole) and
sulfate (19–41% by mole), with only minor levels of sodium or
chloride. Average κorg (hygroscopicity parameter for the
aerosol's organic component) values were estimated using PM1 aerosol
composition data and by assuming that the ratio of aerosol organic to
sulfate mass is related directly to the composition of the size-selected
particles. |
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