Quantification of an atmospheric nucleation and growth process as a single source of aerosol particles in a city

Salma, Imre; Varga, Veronika; Németh, Zoltán

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-15007-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-15007-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-15007-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 24

Research article

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19 Dec 2017

Research article |

| 19 Dec 2017

Quantification of an atmospheric nucleation and growth process as a single source of aerosol particles in a city

Imre Salma, Veronika Varga, and Zoltán Németh

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Final revised paper (published on 19 Dec 2017)
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RC1: 'Review of Salma et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Imre SALMA, 27 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Review report', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Imre SALMA, 27 Nov 2017

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AR by Imre Salma on behalf of the Authors (27 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (10 Dec 2017) by Kari Lehtinen

AR by Imre Salma on behalf of the Authors (10 Dec 2017)

Short summary

The largest source of ultrafine (UF) aerosol particles in cities seems to be vehicular road traffic. We quantified here that nucleation generates 37 % of UF particles in the near-city background, and 13 % in the city centre. This implies that the health-related consequences of atmospheric new particle formation and growth processes in cities should also be considered in addition to their urban climate implications.