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Cloud chemistry at the Puy de Dôme: variability and relationships with environmental factors |
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A. Marinoni, P. Laj, K. Sellegri, G. Mailhot |
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Englisch
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| ISSN |
1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 4, no. 3 ; Nr. 4, no. 3 (2004-05-12), S.715-728 |
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250001711
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/acp-4-715-2004.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The chemical composition of cloud water was investigated during the
winter-spring months of 2001 and 2002 at the Puy de Dôme station (1465 m
above sea level, 45°46′22′′ N, 2°57′43′′ E) in an effort to
characterize clouds in the continental free troposphere. Cloud droplets were
sampled with single-stage cloud collectors (cut-off diameter approximately 7 µm)
and analyzed for inorganic and organic ions, as well as total
dissolved organic carbon. Results show a very large variability in chemical
composition and total solute concentration of cloud droplets, ranging from a
few mg l-1 to more than 150 mg l-1. Samplings can be classified in
three different categories with respect to their total ionic content and
relative chemical composition: background continental (BG, total solute
content lower than 18 mg l-1), anthropogenic continental (ANT, total
solute content from 18 to 50 mg l-1), and special events (SpE, total
solute content higher than 50 mg l-1). The relative chemical
composition shows an increase in anthropogenic-derived species
(NO3-, SO42- and NH4+) from BG to SpE, and a
decrease in dissolved organic compounds (ionic and non-ionic) that are
associated with the anthropogenic character of air masses.
We observed a high contribution of solute in cloud water derived from the
dissolution of gas phase species in all cloud events. This was evident from
large solute fractions of nitrate, ammonium and mono-carboxylic acids in
cloud water, relative to their abundance in the aerosol phase. The
comparison between droplet and aerosol composition clearly shows the limited
ability of organic aerosols to act as cloud condensation nuclei. The strong
contribution of gas-phase species limits the establishment of direct
relationships between cloud water solute concentration and LWC that are
expected from nucleation scavenging. |
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