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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4043-2016
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Research article
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29 Mar 2016
Research article |
| 29 Mar 2016
Chemical and physical influences on aerosol activation in liquid clouds: a study based on observations from the Jungfraujoch, Switzerland
Christopher R. Hoyle
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Davos, Switzerland
Clare S. Webster
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Davos, Switzerland
now at: Department of Geography, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Harald E. Rieder
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change and IGAM/Department of Physics, University of Graz, Austria
Austrian Polar Research Institute, Vienna, Austria
Athanasios Nenes
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas, 26504 Patras, Greece
Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Palea Penteli, Greece
Emanuel Hammer
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
now at: Grolimund and Partner – Environmental Engineering, Thunstrasse 101a, 3006 Bern, Switzerland
Erik Herrmann
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
Martin Gysel
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
Nicolas Bukowiecki
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
Ernest Weingartner
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
now at: Institute of Aerosol and Sensor Technology, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Windisch, Switzerland
Martin Steinbacher
Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland
Urs Baltensperger
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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A simple statistical model to predict the number of aerosols which activate to form cloud droplets in warm clouds has been established, based on regression analysis of data from the high-altitude site Jungfraujoch. It is found that cloud droplet formation at the Jungfraujoch is predominantly controlled by the number concentration of aerosol particles. A statistical model based on only the number of particles larger than 80nm can explain 79 % of the observed variance in droplet numbers.
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