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    Cloud condensation nuclei spectra derived from size distributions and hygroscopic properties of the aerosol in coastal south-west Portugal during ACE-2

    Authors:

    Ulrike Dusek ,

    Department of Atmospheric Sciences, US
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    David S. Covert,

    Department of Atmospheric Sciences, US
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    Alfred Wiedensohler,

    Institut für Troposphärenforschung e.V., Permoserstrasse, DE
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    Christian Neusüss,

    Institut für Troposphärenforschung e.V., Permoserstrasse, DE
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    Diana Weise,

    Institut für Troposphärenforschung e.V., Permoserstrasse, DE
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    Will Cantrell

    Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, US
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    Abstract

    In this work we propose and test a method to calculate cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) spectra basedon aerosol number size distributions and hygroscopic growth factors. Sensitivity studies show thatthis method can be used in a wide variety of conditions except when the aerosol consist mainly oforganic compounds. One crucial step in the calculations, estimating soluble ions in an aerosol particlebased on hygroscopic growth factors, is tested in an internal hygroscopic consistency study. The resultsshow that during the second Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-2) the number concentrationof inorganic ions analyzed in impactor samples could be reproduced from measured growth factorswithin the measurement uncertainties at the measurement site in Sagres, Portugal.

    CCN spectra were calculated based on data from the ACE-2 field experiment at the Sagres site.The calculations overestimate measured CCN spectra on average by approximately 30%, which iscomparable to the uncertainties in measurements and calculations at supersaturations below 0.5%. Thecalculated CCN spectra were averaged over time periods when Sagres received clean air masses and airmasses influenced by aged and recent pollution. Pollution outbreaks enhance the CCN concentrationsat supersaturations near 0.2% by a factor of 3 (aged pollution) to 5 (recent pollution) compared to theclean marine background concentrations. In polluted air masses, the shape of the CCN spectra changes.The clean spectra can be approximated by a power function, whereas the polluted spectra are betterapproximated by an error function.

    How to Cite: Dusek, U., Covert, D.S., Wiedensohler, A., Neusüss, C., Weise, D. and Cantrell, W., 2003. Cloud condensation nuclei spectra derived from size distributions and hygroscopic properties of the aerosol in coastal south-west Portugal during ACE-2. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 55(1), pp.35–53. DOI: http://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v55i1.16357
      Published on 01 Jan 2003
    Peer Reviewed
     CC BY 4.0
     Accepted on 9 Oct 2002            Submitted on 20 Aug 2001

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