Field measurements of hygroscopic properties and state of mixing of nucleation mode particles
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An Ultrafine Tandem Differential Mobility Analyser (UF-TDMA) has been used in several field campaigns over the last few years. The investigations were focused on the origin and properties of nucleation event aerosols, which are observed frequently in various environments. This paper gives a summary of the results of 10 nm and 20 nm particle hygroscopic properties from different measurement sites: an urban site, an urban background site and a forest site in Finland and a coastal site in western Ireland. The data can be classified in four hygroscopic growth classes: hydrofobic, less-hygroscopic, more-hygroscopic and sea-salt. Similar classification has been earlier presented for Aitken and accumulation mode particles. In urban air, the summertime 10 nm particles showed varying less-hygroscopic growth behaviour, while winter time 10 nm and 20 nm particles were externally mixed with two different hygroscopic growth modes. The forest measurements revealed diurnal behaviour of hygroscopic growth, with high growth factors at day time and lower during night. The urban background particles had growth behaviour similar to the urban and forest measurement sites depending on the origin of the observed particles. The coastal measurements were strongly affected by air mass history. Both 10 nm and 20 nm particles were hygroscopic in marine background air. The 10 nm particles produced during clean nucleation burst periods were hydrofobic. Diurnal variation and higher growth factors of 10 nm particles were observed in air affected by other source regions. External mixing was occasionally observed at all the sites, but incidents with more than two growth modes were Correspondence to: K. Hämeri ([email protected]) extremely rare.
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Hygroscopicity of nucleation mode particles
Field measurements of hygroscopic properties and state of mixing of nucleation mode particles M. Väkevä1, M. Kulmala1, F. Stratmann2, and K. Hämeri3 1University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Helsinki, Finland 2Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany 3Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland Received: 14 October 2001 – Accepted: 5 November 2001 – Published:...
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