Elemental composition of fog interstitial particle size fractions and hydrophobic fractions related to fog droplet nucleation scavenging

Bengt G. Martinsson; Erik Swietlicki; Hans-Christen Hansson; Alfred Wiedensohler; Kevin J. Noone; John A. Ogren; Anneli Hallberg

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v44i5.15571

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Elemental composition of fog interstitial particle size fractions and hydrophobic fractions related to fog droplet nucleation scavenging

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 44 (1992): Issue 5

By: Bengt G. Martinsson, Erik Swietlicki, Hans-Christen Hansson, Alfred Wiedensohler, Kevin J. Noone, John A. Ogren and Anneli Hallberg

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|Jan 1992

Abstract

The cloud nucleation scavenging process was studied during a joint campaign of the EUROTRAC sub-project Ground-based Cloud Experiment. It was found that the particle size has a strong influence on the partitioning of particles between the cloud droplet and the interstitial aerosol reservoirs. A new aerosol sampling unit, the relative humidity processing system, was employed for the extraction of particles with a low growth-ability with respect to increased relative humidity. The system supplied tracer elements on the particle growth-ability. These elements could be used to identify a factor related to particle hygroscopic properties, which was in effect as a selector of cloud condensation nuclei.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v44i5.15571 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Page range: 593 - 603

Submitted on: Dec 9, 1991

Accepted on: May 6, 1992

Published on: Jan 1, 1992

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© 1992 Bengt G. Martinsson, Erik Swietlicki, Hans-Christen Hansson, Alfred Wiedensohler, Kevin J. Noone, John A. Ogren, Anneli Hallberg, published by Stockholm University Press
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