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Development and characterization of an ice-selecting pumped counterflow virtual impactor (IS-PCVI) to study ice crystal residuals

Hiranuma, Naruki 1; Moehler, Ottmar 1; Kulkarni, Gourihar; Schnaiter, Martin ORCID iD icon 1; Vogt, Steffen 1; Vochezer, Paul 1; Jaervinen, Emma ORCID iD icon 1; Wagner, Robert ORCID iD icon 1; Bell, David M.; Wilson, Jacqueline; Zelenyuk, Alla; Cziczo, Daniel J.
1 Aerosolforschung (IMKAAF), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract (englisch):

Separation of particles that play a role in cloud activation and ice nucleation from interstitial aerosols has become necessary to further understand aerosol-cloud interactions. The pumped counterflow virtual impactor (PCVI), which uses a vacuum pump to accelerate the particles and increase their momentum, provides an accessible option for dynamic and inertial separation of cloud elements. However, the use of a traditional PCVI to extract large cloud hydrometeors is difficult mainly due to its small cut-size diameters (< 5 µm). Here, for the first time we describe a development of an ice-selecting PCVI (IS-PCVI) to separate ice in controlled mixed-phase cloud system based on the particle inertia with the cut-off diameter  ≥  10 µm. We also present its laboratory application demonstrating the use of the impactor under a wide range of temperature and humidity conditions. The computational fluid dynamics simulations were initially carried out to guide the design of the IS-PCVI. After fabrication, a series of validation laboratory experiments were performed coupled with the Aerosol Interaction and Dynamics in the Atmosphere (AIDA) expansion cloud simulation chamber. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000060667
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-3817-2016
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Zitationen: 9
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Zitationen: 9
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Aerosolforschung (IMKAAF)
KIT-Zentrum Klima und Umwelt (ZKU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2016
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1867-1381, 1867-8548
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-606676
KITopen-ID: 1000060667
HGF-Programm 12.01.01 (POF III, LK 01) Clouds in a pertubed atmosphere
Erschienen in Atmospheric measurement techniques
Verlag Copernicus Publications
Band 9
Heft 8
Seiten 3817-3836
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