Atmospheric new particle formation as a source of CCN in the eastern Mediterranean marine boundary layer

Kalivitis, N.; Kerminen, V.-M.; Kouvarakis, G.; Stavroulas, I.; Bougiatioti, A.; Nenes, A.; Manninen, H. E.; Petäjä, T.; Kulmala, M.; Mihalopoulos, N.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9203-2015

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20 Aug 2015

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| 20 Aug 2015

Atmospheric new particle formation as a source of CCN in the eastern Mediterranean marine boundary layer

N. Kalivitis, V.-M. Kerminen, G. Kouvarakis, I. Stavroulas, A. Bougiatioti, A. Nenes, H. E. Manninen, T. Petäjä, M. Kulmala, and N. Mihalopoulos

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RC C2003: 'Review of Kalivitis paper', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Apr 2015
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RC C2547: 'Review of Kalivitis et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 May 2015
- AC C3678: 'Response to Referee#1', Nikolaos Kalivitis, 15 Jun 2015

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 Aug 2015) by Andreas Hofzumahaus

AR by Nikos Kalivitis on behalf of the Authors (05 Aug 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) production associated with atmospheric new particle formation (NPF) is presented, and this is the first direct evidence of CCN production resulting from NPF in the eastern Mediterranean atmosphere. We show that condensation of both gaseous sulfuric acid and organic compounds from multiple sources leads to the rapid growth of nucleated particles. Sub-100nm particles were found to be substantially less hygroscopic than larger particles during the active NPF period.