Variation of CCN activity during new particle formation events in the North
China Plain

Ma, Nan; Zhao, Chunsheng; Tao, Jiangchuan; Wu, Zhijun; Kecorius, Simonas; Wang, Zhibin; Größ, Johannes; Liu, Hongjian; Bian, Yuxuan; Kuang, Ye; Teich, Monique; Spindler, Gerald; Müller, Konrad; van Pinxteren, Dominik; Herrmann, Hartmut; Hu, Min; Wiedensohler, Alfred

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8593-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8593-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8593-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 13

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15 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 15 Jul 2016

Variation of CCN activity during new particle formation events in the North China Plain

Nan Ma, Chunsheng Zhao, Jiangchuan Tao, Zhijun Wu, Simonas Kecorius, Zhibin Wang, Johannes Größ, Hongjian Liu, Yuxuan Bian, Ye Kuang, Monique Teich, Gerald Spindler, Konrad Müller, Dominik van Pinxteren, Hartmut Herrmann, Min Hu, and Alfred Wiedensohler

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RC1: 'Referee review of acp-2016-23 Variation of CCN activity during new particle formation events in the North China Plain N. Ma, C. S. Zhao,', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to referee#1', Chunsheng Zhao, 23 May 2016
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to referee#2', Chunsheng Zhao, 23 May 2016

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AR by Chunsheng Zhao on behalf of the Authors (23 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 May 2016) by Veli-Matti Kerminen

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (02 Jun 2016)

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ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (10 Jun 2016) by Veli-Matti Kerminen

AR by Chunsheng Zhao on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (13 Jun 2016) by Veli-Matti Kerminen

AR by Chunsheng Zhao on behalf of the Authors (13 Jun 2016)

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New particle formation (NPF) is one of main sources of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) in the atmosphere. Based on in situ measurements, we found that CCN activity of newly formed particles largely differs in different NPF events. It is therefore difficult to find a simple parameterization of CCN activity for NPF events. Using a fixed size-resolved activation ratio curve or critical diameter is very likely to result in large biases up to 50 % in the calculated N_CCN during NPF events.