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Publikation Growth and structural change of combustion aerosols at high relative humidity(American Chemical Society, 01.12.1995) Weingartner, Ernest; Baltensperger, Urs; Burtscher, Heinz01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher ZeitschriftPublikation Hygroscopic properties of carbon and diesel soot particles(Elsevier, 08/1997) Weingartner, Ernest; Burtscher, Heinz; Baltensperger, UrsLaboratory experiments were performed in order to study the hygroscopic properties of freshly produced carbon and diesel soot particles at subsaturations (i.e. at relative humidity < 100%). Wetted carbon aggregates collapsed to a more compact structure. In contrast, the diesel combustion particles exhibited a much smaller restructuring combined with condensational growth. The hygroscopicity of the diesel particles was enhanced when the sulfur content of the fuel was increased or when the particles were subjected to an ozone and UV pre-treatment. By extrapolating the data with a Köhler model critical supersaturations were calculated. Freshly emitted combustion particles are unlikely to act as cloud condensation nuclei whereas an aging of the particles will enhance their nucleation ability.01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher ZeitschriftPublikation Heterogeneous chemical processing of 13NO2 by monodisperse carbon aerosols at very low concentrations(American Chemical Society, 19.09.1996) Kalberer, Markus; Tabor, K.; Ammann, Markus; Parrat, Yves; Weingartner, Ernest; Piguet, D.; Rössler, E.; Jost, Dieter T.; Türler, Andreas; Gäggeler, Heinz W.; Baltensperger, UrsThe heterogeneous reaction of NO2 with different carbon aerosol particles was investigated in situ. The NO2 was labeled with the β+-emitter 13N (half-life 10.0 min) which allowed application of NO2 at very low concentrations. The carbon aerosol was either produced by a spark discharge generator using graphite electrodes or by a brush generator resuspending commercial soot material. Monodisperse size cuts between 50- and 490-nm diameter were selected and mixed with the 13NO2. After a defined reaction time, the different reaction products were separated by means of selective traps and detected on-line by γ-spectrometry. A sticking coefficient for chemisorption of NO2 between 0.3 × 10ˉ⁴ and 4.0 × 10ˉ⁴ and a rate constant for the reduction of adsorbed NO2 to NO(g) between 4.0 × 10 ˉ⁴ and 9.4 × 10 ˉ⁴ /s were determined for both aerosols. The sticking coefficient obtained in this study in situ with aerosol particles is 2 orders of magnitudes smaller than the uptake coefficient recently reported with bulk carbon material.01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher ZeitschriftPublikation Seasonal and diurnal variation of aerosol size distributions (10(Wiley, 01.11.1999) Weingartner, Ernest; Nyeki, Stephan; Baltensperger, UrsDuring an extended field campaign at a high-alpine site (Jungfraujoch; 3580 m asl, Switzerland) from March 1997 to May 1998, the particle number size distribution (diameter D = 18–750 nm) and number concentration N (D>10 nm) were measured on a continuous basis. The number size distribution was dominated by particles with D<100 nm, while most of the surface area was in the accumulation mode size range (0.1–1 μm). Average size distributions exhibited a distinct bimodal shape which is generated and maintained by cloud processes and is less distinct in the free troposphere. Fitted modal diameters and standard deviations σ of the Aitken (20–100 nm) and accumulation modes were surprisingly constant throughout the year (DAit = 43±3 nm; DAcc = 140±6 nm; σAit = 2.13±0.11; σAcc = 1.61±0.03). The relative number concentrations in both modes are responsible for the seasonally observed in the shape of the size distribution. The high seasonality of NAcc with summer and winter values of ∼260 and ∼40 cmˉ³, respectively, is mainly due to transport of planetary boundary layer air to the station. In contrast, new particle formation is responsible for the high concentrations of nucleation mode particles (D<20 nm) which exhibited a maximum during the winter months. The relatively low seasonality found for NAit (summer, winter values: ∼530, ∼310 cmˉ³) is due to gas-to-particle conversion as well as transport processes. An analysis showed that a significant fraction of nucleation mode particles were formed by photochemical reactions.01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher ZeitschriftPublikation Condensation nuclei (CN) and ultrafine CN in the free troposphere to 12 km. A case study over the Jungfraujoch High‐Alpine research station(Wiley, 15.09.1999) Nyeki, Stephan; Kalberer, Markus; Lugauer, Matthias; Weingartner, Ernest; Petzold, Andreas; Schröder, Franz; Colbeck, Ian; Baltensperger, UrsCondensation nuclei (CN) were measured in the free troposphere (FT) above the Jungfraujoch (JFJ) high-alpine research station (3454 m; Switzerland) from 4.5 to 12 km asl in a case study on July 30, 1997. Vertical profiles of CN concentration for d ≥ 5 nm (N≥5), d ≥ 15 nm (N≥15 15) were measured, and indicated that ultrafine CN (UCN; 5 ≤ d ≤ 15 nm; N5-15) exhibited a distinct increase with altitude. Some evidence for near-constant values of d(logCN)/dz within discrete layers was found, which generally coincided with different airmasses as delineated by changes in the lapse rate dθ/dz at ∼ 5.5, 6.4, 9.0 and 10.6 km asl. In addition, CN concentration was mapped over a 40 × 75 km horizontal domain at 8.0 km asl centered above the JFJ. A pronounced variation in N≥5,N≥15 and specific humidity, but not in UCN, exhibited quasi-stationary 2-D features and was attributed to the chance encounter of a mountain wave. The case study provides further evidence that the upper FT may be a source of new particles.01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher ZeitschriftPublikation The background aerosol size distribution in the free troposphere. An analysis of the annual cycle at a high‐alpine site(Wiley, 01.12.1998) Nyeki, Stephan; Li, F.; Weingartner, Ernest; Streit, Niklaus; Colbeck, Ian; Gäggeler, Heinz W.; Baltensperger, UrsMeasurements during free tropospheric (FT) and planetary boundary layer (PBL) conditions were conducted over an annual cycle at the Jungfraujoch high-Alpine research station (3454 m), Switzerland, in order to establish diurnal and seasonal cycles of the background continental aerosol over central Europe. Using a condensation nucleus counter (TSI 3025) and an optical particle counter (PMS Las-X) from June 1996 to May 1997, the following were determined: (1) accumulation mode lognormal parameters and (2) number concentrations for the nucleation (diameter d < 0.1 μm), accumulation (0.1 ≤ d ≤ 1.0 μm), and part of the coarse (1.0 < d ≤ 7.5 μm, designated “coarse”) modes. Lognormal parameters were found to be similar for FT and PBL conditions, and exhibited a weak seasonality in geometric median diameter dGN =0.13 and 0.10 μm, and standard deviation σG = 1.73 and 1.64 for summer and winter, respectively. Aerosol number concentrations in each mode exhibited a more pronounced seasonality, with FT concentrations being lower than those for PBL. Summer and winter FT median concentrations for the nucleation, accumulation, and “coarse” modes were 405 and 195 cmˉ³, 114 and 26 cmˉ³, and 0.052 and 0.014 cmˉ³, respectively. These results provide tentative support of other long-term observations that the FT background aerosol mode appears to vary mainly in concentration rather than accumulation mode shape. Further analysis indicated that only the total concentration in each mode varied with weather type and a classification between that of a remote continental and polar aerosol model was found for the Jungfraujoch.01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher ZeitschriftPublikation The Jungfraujoch high‐alpine research station (3454 m) as a background clean continental site for the measurement of aerosol parameters(Wiley, 01.03.1998) Nyeki, Stephan; Baltensperger, Urs; Colbeck, Ian; Jost, Dieter T.; Weingartner, Ernest; Gäggeler, Heinz W.The first annual data set of climatically important aerosol parameters, measured at the Jungfraujoch (JFJ) high-alpine research station (3454 m, Switzerland) from an ongoing field campaign since July 1995, is presented. Analysis of diurnal variations in continuous measurements of the total and backward hemispheric scattering coefficients (σSP, σBSP), the absorption coefficient (σAP, from aethalometer data), condensation nuclei (CN) concentration, and epiphaniometer signal (related to surface area (S) concentration) established the diurnal period 0300 – 0900 as being representative of the free tropospheric background aerosol. The annual data set was then edited to omit (1) the period 0900–0300 (i.e., 18 hours), taken to represent possible planetary boundary layer influenced conditions and (2) in-cloud conditions using a cloud liquid-water monitor. The seasonal aerosol cycle exhibited a July maximum and a December minimum in most aerosol parameters. Typical monthly median values for the free troposphere exhibit the following seasonal maxima and minima, respectively: σSP (550 nm) ∼ 16.1 and 0.43 × 10ˉ⁶/m, σBSP (550 nm) ∼ 2.10 and 0.09 × 10ˉ⁶/m, σAP (550 nm) ∼ 10.4 and 0.76 × 10ˉ⁷/m (≈ 104 and 7.6 ng mˉ³ black carbon), CN concentration ∼ 670 and 280 cmˉ³, and epiphaniometer signal ∼ 9.26 and 0.67 counts/s (S concentration ≈24.1 and 1.7 μm2 cmˉ³). Aerosol parameters were found to be comparable in magnitude to other NOAA baseline and regional stations and suggest that a clean continental designation for the JFJ site is applicable, when removing the planetary boundary layer influenced period.01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher ZeitschriftPublikation Aerosol climatology at the high‐alpine site Jungfraujoch, Switzerland(Wiley, 01.08.1997) Baltensperger, Urs; Gäggeler, Heinz W.; Jost, Dieter T.; Lugauer, Matthias; Schwikowski, Margit; Weingartner, Ernest; Seibert, PetraContinuous aerosol measurements have been performed at the high-alpine site Jungfraujoch (3450 m above sea level) since 1988 by means of an epiphaniometer. The instrument, which determines the Fuchs surface area of the aerosol particles, was operated with a time resolution of 30 min. High correlation coefficients (r>0.8) were found between the epiphaniometer signal and other aerosol parameters, which could be attributed to a rather constant size distribution of the Jungfraujoch aerosol in the accumulation range (0.101A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher ZeitschriftPublikation Aerosol emission in a road tunnel(Elsevier, 02/1997) Weingartner, Ernest; Keller, Christian; Stahel, Werner; Burtscher, Heinz; Baltensperger, UrsContinuous measurements of aerosol emissions were performed within the scope of emission measurements in the Gubrist tunnel, a 3250 m long freeway tunnel near Zürich, Switzerland, from 20 September to 26 September 1993. The particles in the respirable size range (d < 3 μm) were found to be mainly tail pipe emissions with very small amount of tire wear and road dust. The calculated PM3 emission factor for diesel engines was about 310 mg/km, where the main part (63%) of the diesel vehicles were heavy-duty vehicles. Thirty-one percent of the PM3 emissions from diesel vehicles were black carbon and 0.86% particle bound PAR Due to the high fraction emitted by diesel engines the contribution of gasoline engines could not be evaluated by the statistical model. During their residence time in the tunnel the particles undergo significant changes, resulting in a more compact structure. It is concluded that this is mainly due to adsorption of volatile material from the gas phase to the particle surface.01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift