Growth of nucleation mode particles in the summertime Arctic: a case study

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Willis, Megan D., Burkart, Julia, Thomas, Jennie L., Köllner, Franziska, Schneider, Johannes, Bozem, Heiko, Hoor, Peter M., Aliabadi, Amir A., Schulz, Hannes, Herber, Andreas B., Leaitch, W. Richard, Abbatt, Jonathan P. D.
• Other Authors: Department of Chemistry University of Toronto, University of Toronto, TROPO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz = Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU), Environment and Climate Change Canada, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung = Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research = Institut Alfred-Wegener pour la recherche polaire et marine (AWI), Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, The Alfred Wegener Institute and Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]; [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology; Aitken; Arctic; black carbon
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-01336721; https://insu.hal.science/insu-01336721/document; https://insu.hal.science/insu-01336721/file/acp-16-7663-2016.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7663-2016

International audience The summertime Arctic lower troposphere is a relatively pristine background aerosol environment dominated by nucleation and Aitken mode particles. Understanding the mechanisms that control the formation and growth of aerosol is crucial for our ability to predict cloud properti...