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Research article
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10 Jun 2016
Research article |
| 10 Jun 2016
Vertical profiling of aerosol hygroscopic properties in the planetary boundary layer during the PEGASOS campaigns
Bernadette Rosati
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
now at: Institute for Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Florian Rubach
Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52428 Jülich, Germany
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
now at: Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Thomas F. Mentel
Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52428 Jülich, Germany
Brigitta Goger
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
now at: Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Laurent Poulain
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Patrick Schlag
Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52428 Jülich, Germany
Pasi Miettinen
Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, 1627 Kuopio, Finland
Aki Pajunoja
Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, 1627 Kuopio, Finland
Annele Virtanen
Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, 1627 Kuopio, Finland
Henk Klein Baltink
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), 3730 De Bilt, the Netherlands
J. S. Bas Henzing
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), 80015 Utrecht, the Netherlands
Johannes Größ
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Gian Paolo Gobbi
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC-CNR), National Research Council, 00133 Rome, Italy
Alfred Wiedensohler
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Astrid Kiendler-Scharr
Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52428 Jülich, Germany
Stefano Decesari
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC-CNR), National Research Council, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Maria Cristina Facchini
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC-CNR), National Research Council, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Ernest Weingartner
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
now at: Institute for Aerosol and Sensor Technology, University of Applied Science Northwestern Switzerland, 5210 Windisch, Switzerland
Urs Baltensperger
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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Short summary
This study presents PEGASOS project data from field campaigns in the Po Valley, Italy and the Netherlands. Vertical profiles of aerosol hygroscopicity and chemical composition were investigated with airborne measurements on board a Zeppelin NT airship. A special focus was on the evolution of different mixing layers within the PBL as a function of daytime. A closure study showed that variations in aerosol hygroscopicity can well be explained by the variations in chemical composition.
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