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High concentrations of sub-3nm clusters and frequent new particle formation observed in the Po Valley, Italy, during the PEGASOS 2012 campaign

Kontkanen, Jenni; Jaervinen, Emma ORCID iD icon 1; Manninen, Hanna E.; Lehtipalo, Katrianne; Kangasluoma, Juha; Decesari, Stefano; Gobbi, Gian Paolo; Laaksonen, Ari; Petaja, Tuukka; Kulmala, Markku
1 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

The concentrations of neutral and charged sub- 3nm clusters and their connection to new particle formation (NPF) were investigated during the PEGASOS campaign (7 June–9 July 2012) at the San Pietro Capofiume measurement station in the Po Valley, Italy. Continuous high concentrations of sub-3nm clusters were detected during the measurement period, although the condensation sink was relatively high (median value 1.1×102 s1). The median cluster concentrations were 2140 and 7980 cm3 in the size bins of 1.5–1.8 and 1.8–3 nm, and the majority of them were electrically neutral. NPF events were observed during the measurement period frequently, on 86% of the days. The median growth rates of clusters during the events were 4.3, 6.0 and 7.2 nm h1 in the size ranges of 1.5–3, 3–7 and 7– 20 nm. The median formation rate of 1.6 nm clusters was high, 45 cm3 s1, and it exceeded the median formation rate of 2 nm clusters by 1 order of magnitude. The ion-induced nucleation fraction was low; the median values were 0.7% at 1.6 nm and 3.0% at 2 nm. On NPF event days the neutral cluster concentration had a maximum around 09:00 (local winter time), which was absent on a non-event day. ... mehr

Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Atmosphärische Aerosolforschung (IMKAAF)
KIT-Zentrum Klima und Umwelt (ZKU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2016
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1680-7316, 1680-7324
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-646595
KITopen-ID: 1000064659
HGF-Programm 12.03.03 (POF III, LK 01) Gas to particle conversion
Erschienen in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Verlag European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Band 16
Heft 4
Seiten 1919-1935
Nachgewiesen in Dimensions
Web of Science
Scopus

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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000064659
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DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-1919-2016
Scopus
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