Using Novel Molecular-Level Chemical Composition Observations of High Arctic Organic Aerosol for Predictions of Cloud Condensation Nuclei
Karolina Siegel, Almuth Neuberger, L. Karlsson, Paul Zieger, Fredrik Mattsson, Patrick Duplessis, Lubna Dada, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Julia Schmale, Andrea Baccarini, Radovan Krejčí, Birgitta Svenningsson, Rachel Chang, Annica M. L. Ekman, Ilona Riipinen, Claudia Mohr
Abstract
of 0.1, and therefore did not significantly influence the predictions. These conclusions are supported by laboratory experiments of the activation potential of seven organic compounds selected as representative of the measured aerosol.
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AerosolCloud condensation nucleiAtmospheric sciencesArcticEnvironmental scienceChemical compositionMass spectrometryEnvironmental chemistryMeteorologyChemistryOceanographyPhysicsGeologyOrganic chemistryChromatographyAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsAtmospheric Ozone and Climate