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  Summertime observations of elevated levels of ultrafine particles in the high Arctic marine boundary layer

Burkart, J., Willis, M. D., Bozem, H., Thomas, J. L., Law, K., Hoor, P., et al. (2017). Summertime observations of elevated levels of ultrafine particles in the high Arctic marine boundary layer. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17(8), 5515-5535. doi:10.5194/acp-17-5515-2017.

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Burkart, Julia1, Author
Willis, Megan D.1, Author
Bozem, Heiko1, Author
Thomas, Jennie L.1, Author
Law, Kathy1, Author
Hoor, Peter1, Author
Aliabadi, Amir A.1, Author
Köllner, F.2, Author           
Schneider, J.2, Author           
Herber, Andreas1, Author
Abbatt, Jonathan P. D.1, Author
Leaitch, W. Richard1, Author
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1external, ou_persistent22              
2Particle Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_1826291              

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2017
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Table of Contents: Motivated by increasing levels of open ocean in the Arctic summer and the lack of prior altitude-resolved studies, extensive aerosol measurements were made during 11 flights of the NETCARE July 2014 airborne campaign from Resolute Bay, Nunavut. Flights included vertical profiles (60 to 3000 m above ground level) over open ocean, fast ice, and boundary layer clouds and fogs. A general conclusion, from observations of particle numbers between 5 and 20 nm in diameter (N5 − 20), is that ultrafine particle formation occurs readily in the Canadian high Arctic marine boundary layer, especially just above ocean and clouds, reaching values of a few thousand particles cm−3. By contrast, ultrafine particle concentrations are much lower in the free troposphere. Elevated levels of larger particles (for example, from 20 to 40 nm in size, N20 − 40) are sometimes associated with high N5 − 20, especially over low clouds, suggestive of aerosol growth. The number densities of particles greater than 40 nm in diameter (N >  40) are relatively depleted at the lowest altitudes, indicative of depositional processes that will lower the condensation sink and promote new particle formation. The number of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN; measured at 0.6 % supersaturation) are positively correlated with the numbers of small particles (down to roughly 30 nm), indicating that some fraction of these newly formed particles are capable of being involved in cloud activation. Given that the summertime marine Arctic is a biologically active region, it is important to better establish the links between emissions from the ocean and the formation and growth of ultrafine particles within this rapidly changing environment.
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 Identifiers: ISI: 000400506500002
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-5515-2017
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Title: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
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Publ. Info: Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany : European Geosciences Union
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 17 (8) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 5515 - 5535 Identifier: ISSN: 1680-7316
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/111030403014016