Nucleation of atmospheric particles
- Two types of particles exist in the atmosphere, primary and secondary particles. While primary particles such as soot, mineral dust, sea salt particles or pollen are introduced directly as particles into the atmosphere, secondary particles are formed in the atmosphere by condensation of gases. The formation of such new aerosol particles takes place frequently and at a broad variety of atmospheric conditions and geographic locations. A considerable fraction of the atmospheric particles is formed by such nucleation processes. The newly formed particles may grow by condensation to sizes where they are large enough to act as cloud condensation nuclei and therefore may affect cloud properties. The fundamental processes of aerosol nucleation are described and typical atmospheric observations are discussed. Two recent studies are introduced that potentially change our current understanding of atmospheric nucleation substantially.
| Author: | Joachim CurtiusORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-716624 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1140/epjconf/e2009-00921-0 |
| ISSN: | 2100-014X |
| Parent Title (English): | EPJ Web of Conferences |
| Publisher: | EDP Sciences |
| Place of publication: | Les Ulis |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2015 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2015 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Contributing Corporation: | ERCA (2008 : Grenoble) |
| Release Date: | 2023/03/02 |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Page Number: | 12 |
| First Page: | 199 |
| Last Page: | 209 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 507192028 |
| Institutes: | Geowissenschaften / Geographie / Geowissenschaften |
| Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik |
| 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften | |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
