The ice selective inlet. a novel technique for exclusive extraction of pristine ice crystals in mixed-phase clouds
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Kupiszewski, Piotr
Vochezer, Paul
Schnaiter, Martin
Bigi, Alessandro
Rosati, Bernadette
Toprak, Emre
Mertes, Stephan
Baltensperger, Urs
Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
2015
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
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Übergeordnetes Werk
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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DOI der Originalpublikation
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Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
8
Ausgabe / Nummer
8
Seiten / Dauer
3087–3106
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Copernicus
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Göttingen
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Version
Programmiersprache
Abtretungsempfänger:in
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Zusammenfassung
Climate predictions are affected by high uncertainties partially due to an insufficient knowledge of aerosol–cloud interactions. One of the poorly understood processes is formation of mixed-phase clouds (MPCs) via heterogeneous ice nucleation. Field measurements of the atmospheric ice phase in MPCs are challenging due to the presence of much more numerous liquid droplets. The Ice Selective Inlet (ISI), presented in this paper, is a novel inlet designed to selectively sample pristine ice crystals in mixed-phase clouds and extract the ice residual particles contained within the crystals for physical and chemical characterization. Using a modular setup composed of a cyclone impactor, droplet evaporation unit and pumped counterflow virtual impactor (PCVI), the ISI segregates particles based on their inertia and phase, exclusively extracting small ice particles between 5 and 20 μm in diameter. The setup also includes optical particle spectrometers for analysis of the number size distribution and shape of the sampled hydrometeors. The novelty of the ISI is a droplet evaporation unit, which separates liquid droplets and ice crystals in the airborne state, thus avoiding physical impaction of the hydrometeors and limiting potential artefacts. The design and validation of the droplet evaporation unit is based on modelling studies of droplet evaporation rates and computational fluid dynamics simulations of gas and particle flows through the unit. Prior to deployment in the field, an inter-comparison of the optical particle size spectrometers and a characterization of the transmission efficiency of the PCVI was conducted in the laboratory. The ISI was subsequently deployed during the Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment (CLACE) 2013 and 2014 – two extensive international field campaigns encompassing comprehensive measurements of cloud microphysics, as well as bulk aerosol, ice residual and ice nuclei properties. The campaigns provided an important opportunity for a proof of concept of the inlet design. In this work we present the setup of the ISI, including the modelling and laboratory characterization of its components, as well as field measurements demonstrating the ISI performance and validating the working principle of the inlet. Finally, measurements of biological aerosol during a Saharan dust event (SDE) are presented, showing a first indication of enrichment of bio-material in sub-2 μm ice residuals.
Schlagwörter
Fachgebiet (DDC)
620 - Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau
Veranstaltung
Startdatum der Ausstellung
Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
Enddatum der Konferenz
Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
ISSN
1867-8548
1867-1381
1867-1381
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Ja
Zukunftsfelder FHNW
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Gold
Lizenz
Zitation
KUPISZEWSKI, Piotr, Ernest WEINGARTNER, Paul VOCHEZER, Martin SCHNAITER, Alessandro BIGI, Martin GYSEL, Bernadette ROSATI, Emre TOPRAK, Stephan MERTES und Urs BALTENSPERGER, 2015. The ice selective inlet. a novel technique for exclusive extraction of pristine ice crystals in mixed-phase clouds. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2015. Bd. 8, Nr. 8, S. 3087–3106. DOI 10.5194/amt-8-3087-2015. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-8095