TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schmidt, Susan
A1  - Schneider, Johannes
A1  - Klimach, Thomas
A1  - Mertes, Stephan
A1  - Schenk, Ludwig P.
A1  - Curtius, Joachim
A1  - Kupiszewski, Piotr
A1  - Hammer, Emanuel
A1  - Vochezer, Paul
A1  - Lloyd, Gary
A1  - Ebert, Martin
A1  - Kandler, Konrad
A1  - Weinbruch, Stephan
A1  - Borrmann, Stephan
T1  - In-situ single submicron particle composition analysis of ice residuals from mountain-top mixed-phase clouds in Central Europe
T2  - Atmospheric chemistry and physics / Discussions
N2  - This paper presents results from the "INUIT-JFJ/CLACE 2013" field campaign at the high alpine research station Jungfraujoch in January/February 2013. The chemical composition of ice particle residuals (IPR) in a size diameter range of 200–900 nm was measured in orographic, convective and non-convective clouds with a single particle mass spectrometer (ALABAMA) under ambient conditions characterized by temperatures between −28 and −4 °C and wind speed from 0.1 to 21 km h−1. Additionally, background aerosol particles in cloud free air were investigated. The IPR were sampled from mixed-phase clouds with two inlets which selectively extract small ice crystals in-cloud, namely the Counterflow Virtual Impactor (Ice-CVI) and the Ice Selective Inlet (ISI). The IPR as well as the aerosol particles were classified into seven different particle types: (1) black carbon, (2) organic carbon, (3) black carbon internally mixed with organic carbon, (4) minerals, (5) one particle group (termed "BioMinSal") that may contain biological particles, minerals, or salts, (6) industrial metals, and (7) lead containing particles. For any sampled particle population it was determined by means of single particle mass spectrometer how many of the analyzed particles belonged to each of these categories. Accordingly, between 20 and 30% of the IPR and roughly 42% of the background particles contained organic carbon. The measured fractions of minerals in the IPR composition varied from 6 to 33%, while the values for the "BioMinSal" group were between 15 and 29%. Four percent to 31% of the IPR contained organic carbon mixed with black carbon. Both inlets delivered similar results of the chemical composition and of the particle size distribution, although lead was found only in the IPR sampled by the Ice-CVI. The results show that the ice particle residual composition varies substantially between different cloud events, which indicates the influence of different meteorological conditions, such as origin of the air masses, temperature and wind speed.
Y1  - 2015
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/37255
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-372553
SN  - 1680-7375
SN  - 1680-7367
N1  - © Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
VL  - 15
SP  - 4677
EP  - 4724
PB  - European Geosciences Union
CY  - Katlenburg-Lindau
ER  -