Viscous organic aerosol particles in the upper troposphere: diffusivity-controlled water uptake and ice nucleation?

Lienhard, D. M.; Huisman, A. J.; Krieger, U. K.; Rudich, Y.; Marcolli, C.; Luo, B. P.; Bones, D. L.; Reid, J. P.; Lambe, A. T.; Canagaratna, M. R.; Davidovits, P.; Onasch, T. B.; Worsnop, D. R.; Steimer, S. S.; Koop, T.; Peter, T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13599-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13599-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13599-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 23

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09 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 09 Dec 2015

Viscous organic aerosol particles in the upper troposphere: diffusivity-controlled water uptake and ice nucleation?

D. M. Lienhard, A. J. Huisman, U. K. Krieger, Y. Rudich, C. Marcolli, B. P. Luo, D. L. Bones, J. P. Reid, A. T. Lambe, M. R. Canagaratna, P. Davidovits, T. B. Onasch, D. R. Worsnop, S. S. Steimer, T. Koop, and T. Peter

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RC C7568: 'referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Oct 2015
- AC C9510: 'Reply to the comments of reviewer # 1', Ulrich Krieger, 19 Nov 2015
RC C9159: 'Review of Lienhard et al 2015', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Nov 2015
- AC C9514: 'Reply to the comments of reviewer # 2', Ulrich Krieger, 19 Nov 2015

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Short summary

New data of water diffusivity in secondary organic aerosol (SOA) material and organic/inorganic model mixtures is presented over an extensive temperature range. Our data suggest that water diffusion in SOA is sufficiently fast so that it is unlikely to have significant consequences on the direct climatic effect under tropospheric conditions. Glass formation in SOA is unlikely to restrict homogeneous ice nucleation.