Size Matters More Than Chemistry for Cloud-Nucleating Ability of Aerosol Particles
Dusek, Ulrike ; Frank, Göran LU
; Hildebrandt, Lea
; Curtius, Joachim
; Schneider, Johannes
; Walter, Saskia
; Chand, Duli
; Drewnick, Frank
; Hings, Silke
and Jung, D
, et al.
(2006)
In Science
312(5778).
p.1375-1378
- Abstract
- Size-resolved cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) spectra measured for various aerosol types at a
non-urban site in Germany showed that CCN concentrations are mainly determined by the aerosol
number size distribution. Distinct variations of CCN activation with particle chemical composition
were observed but played a secondary role. When the temporal variation of chemical effects on
CCN activation is neglected, variation in the size distribution alone explains 84 to 96% of the
variation in CCN concentrations. Understanding that particles’ ability to act as CCN is largely
controlled by aerosol size rather than composition greatly facilitates the treatment of aerosol
effects on cloud... (More) - Size-resolved cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) spectra measured for various aerosol types at a
non-urban site in Germany showed that CCN concentrations are mainly determined by the aerosol
number size distribution. Distinct variations of CCN activation with particle chemical composition
were observed but played a secondary role. When the temporal variation of chemical effects on
CCN activation is neglected, variation in the size distribution alone explains 84 to 96% of the
variation in CCN concentrations. Understanding that particles’ ability to act as CCN is largely
controlled by aerosol size rather than composition greatly facilitates the treatment of aerosol
effects on cloud physics in regional and global models. (Less)
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- Dusek, Ulrike
; Frank, Göran
LU
; Hildebrandt, Lea
; Curtius, Joachim
; Schneider, Johannes
; Walter, Saskia
; Chand, Duli
; Drewnick, Frank
; Hings, Silke
and Jung, D
, et al. (More)
- Dusek, Ulrike
; Frank, Göran
LU
; Hildebrandt, Lea
; Curtius, Joachim
; Schneider, Johannes
; Walter, Saskia
; Chand, Duli
; Drewnick, Frank
; Hings, Silke
; Jung, D
; Borrmann, Stephan
and Andreae, Meinrat O.
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- 5778
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- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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- ISSN
- 1095-9203
- DOI
- 10.1126/science.1125261
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non-urban site in Germany showed that CCN concentrations are mainly determined by the aerosol<br/><br>
number size distribution. Distinct variations of CCN activation with particle chemical composition<br/><br>
were observed but played a secondary role. When the temporal variation of chemical effects on<br/><br>
CCN activation is neglected, variation in the size distribution alone explains 84 to 96% of the<br/><br>
variation in CCN concentrations. Understanding that particles’ ability to act as CCN is largely<br/><br>
controlled by aerosol size rather than composition greatly facilitates the treatment of aerosol<br/><br>
effects on cloud physics in regional and global models.}},
author = {{Dusek, Ulrike and Frank, Göran and Hildebrandt, Lea and Curtius, Joachim and Schneider, Johannes and Walter, Saskia and Chand, Duli and Drewnick, Frank and Hings, Silke and Jung, D and Borrmann, Stephan and Andreae, Meinrat O.}},
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language = {{eng}},
number = {{5778}},
pages = {{1375--1378}},
publisher = {{American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}},
series = {{Science}},
title = {{Size Matters More Than Chemistry for Cloud-Nucleating Ability of Aerosol Particles}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1125261}},
doi = {{10.1126/science.1125261}},
volume = {{312}},
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