Aerosol partitioning between the interstitial and the condensed phase in mixed‐phase clouds
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Autor:innen
Verheggen, Bart
Cozic, Julie
Bower, Keith
Mertes, Stephan
Connolly, Paul
Gallagher, Martin
Flynn, Michael
Choularton, Tom
Baltensperger, Urs
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Publikationsdatum
13.12.2007
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
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Übergeordnetes Werk
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
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DOI der Originalpublikation
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Reihe / Serie
Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
112
Ausgabe / Nummer
D23
Seiten / Dauer
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Wiley
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Hoboken
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Zusammenfassung
The partitioning of aerosol particles between the cloud and the interstitial phase (i.e., unactivated aerosol) has been investigated during several Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiments (CLACE‐3, CLACE‐3½ and CLACE‐4) conducted in winter and summer 2004 and winter 2005 at the high alpine research station Jungfraujoch (3580 m altitude, Switzerland). Ambient air was sampled using different inlets in order to determine the activated fraction of aerosol particles, FN, defined as the fraction of the total aerosol number concentration (with particle diameter dp > 100 nm) that has been incorporated into cloud particles. The liquid and ice water content of mixed‐phase clouds were characterized by analyzing multiple cloud probes. The dependence of the activated fraction on several environmental factors is discussed on the basis of more than 900 h of in‐cloud observations and parameterizations for key variables are given. FN is found to increase with increasing liquid water content and to decrease with increasing particle number concentration in liquid clouds. FN also decreases with increasing cloud ice mass fraction and with decreasing temperature from 0 to −25°C. The Wegener‐Bergeron‐Findeisen process probably contributed to this trend, since the presence of ice crystals causes liquid droplets to evaporate, thus releasing the formerly activated particles back into the interstitial phase. Ice nucleation could also have prevented additional cloud condensation nuclei from activating. The observed activation behavior has significant implications for our understanding of the indirect effect of aerosols on climate.
Schlagwörter
Fachgebiet (DDC)
550 - Geowissenschaften
Veranstaltung
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ISBN
ISSN
2169-8996
2169-897X
10.1029/2007jd008714
2169-897X
10.1029/2007jd008714
Sprache
Englisch
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Nein
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Veröffentlicht
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Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Closed
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VERHEGGEN, Bart, Julie COZIC, Ernest WEINGARTNER, Keith BOWER, Stephan MERTES, Paul CONNOLLY, Martin GALLAGHER, Michael FLYNN, Tom CHOULARTON und Urs BALTENSPERGER, 2007. Aerosol partitioning between the interstitial and the condensed phase in mixed‐phase clouds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 13 Dezember 2007. Bd. 112, Nr. D23. Verfügbar unter: https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/46703