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Lowenthal, D.H., Borys, R.D. and Wetzel, M.A. (2002). Aerosol distributions and cloud interactions at a mountaintop laboratory. Journal of Geophysical Research 107: doi: 10.1029/2001JD002046. issn: 0148-0227. |
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The first measurements of ultrafine (3--10 nm diameter) condensation nuclei concentrations and particle size distributions at Storm Peak Laboratory (3210 MSL) are presented. In-cloud average hourly average ultrafine concentrations peaked at 1608 cm-3 in the 1300 hour, MST. Under clear conditions in April and May 2001, average hourly average ultrafine concentrations reached 8947 cm-3 during the 1400 hour, MST. The highest observed 5-minute average ultrafine concentration was 32000 cm-3. A comparison of clear-air and interstitial aerosol size distributions indicates that particles larger than 0.5 ¿m were efficiently removed by snowing, mixed-phase clouds. Particles with diameters between 0.03--0.04 and 0.2 ¿m appeared to serve as cloud condensation nuclei. The observed loss of particles smaller than 16 nm in-cloud may be explained by diffusion to cloud drops. |
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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801), Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Cloud physics and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Pollution--urban and regional |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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