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Ambient new particle formation parameter indicates potential rise in future events

  • Atmospheric new particle formation is a general phenomenon observed over coniferous forests. So far nucleation is described as a function of gaseous sulfuric acid concentration only, which is unable to explain the observed seasonality of nucleation events at different measurement sites. Here we introduce a new nucleation parameter including ozone and water vapor concentrations as well as UV-B radiation as a proxy for OH radical formation. Applying this new parameter to field studies conducted at Finnish and German measurement sites it is found capable to predict the occurrence of nucleation events and their seasonal and annual variation indicating a significant role of organics. Extrapolation to possible future conditions of ozone, water vapor and organic concentrations leads to a significant potential increase in nucleation event number.

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Author:Boris BonnGND, Michael BoyORCiD, Markku KulmalaORCiDGND, Angela Groth, Katrin Trawny, Sebastian BorchertGND, Stefan Jacobi
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-78009
URL:http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/673/2009/acpd-9-673-2009.html
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/acpd-9-673-2009
ISSN:1680-7367
Parent Title (German):Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion
Publisher:European Geosciences Union
Place of publication:Katlenburg-Lindau
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2009
Year of first Publication:2009
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2010/06/24
Volume:9
Page Number:18
First Page:673
Last Page:691
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© Author(s) 2009. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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Discussion paper. The final revised paper has on other title: "A new parametrization for ambient particle formation over coniferous forests and its potential implications for the future" http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/volltexte/2010/7799/
Source:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion, 9, S. 673-691, 2009 ; http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/673/2009/acpd-9-673-2009.html
HeBIS-PPN:224705628
Institutes:Geowissenschaften / Geographie / Geowissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0