One parameter representation for aerosol-water interactions
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Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures Back Close Full Screen / Esc Abstract Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures Back Close Full Screen / Esc Printer-friendly Version Interactive Discussion EGU Abstract We present a method to describe the relationship between dry particle diameter and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) activity using a single hygroscopicity parameter. Values of the hygroscopicity parameter are between 0.5 and 2 for highly-CCN-active salts such as sodium chloride, between 0.01 and 0.5 for slightly to very hygroscopic organic 5 species, and 0 for nonhygroscopic components. If compositional data are available and if the hygroscopicity parameter of each component is known, a multicomponent hygroscopicity parameter can be computed by weighting component hygroscopicity parameters by their volume fractions in the mixture. In the absence of information on chemical composition, experimental data for complex, multicomponent particles can 10 be fitted to obtain the hygroscopicity parameter. The hygroscopicity parameter can thus also be used to conveniently model the CCN activity of atmospheric particles, including those containing insoluble components. We confirm the general applicability of the hygroscopicity parameter and its mixing rule by applying it to published hygro-scopic diameter growth factor and CCN-activation data for single-and multi-component 15 particles.
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