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04 Jan 2017
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| 04 Jan 2017
New particle formation in the southern Aegean Sea during the Etesians: importance for CCN production and cloud droplet number
Panayiotis Kalkavouras
Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of
Athens, Athens, 15784, Greece
Elissavet Bossioli
Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of
Athens, Athens, 15784, Greece
Spiros Bezantakos
Department of Environment, Univ. of the Aegean, Mytilene 81100,
Greece
Aikaterini Bougiatioti
Env. Chemical Processes Lab., Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Crete,
Heraklion 71003, Greece
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
Nikos Kalivitis
Env. Chemical Processes Lab., Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Crete,
Heraklion 71003, Greece
Iasonas Stavroulas
Env. Chemical Processes Lab., Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Crete,
Heraklion 71003, Greece
Giorgos Kouvarakis
Env. Chemical Processes Lab., Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Crete,
Heraklion 71003, Greece
Anna P. Protonotariou
Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of
Athens, Athens, 15784, Greece
Aggeliki Dandou
Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of
Athens, Athens, 15784, Greece
George Biskos
Fac. of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft Univ. of Technology,
Delft 2628 CN, the Netherlands
Energy Environment and Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute,
Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
Env. Chemical Processes Lab., Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Crete,
Heraklion 71003, Greece
Energy Environment and Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute,
Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
Institute of Env. Research & Sustainable Development, National
Observatory of Athens, Palea Penteli 15236, Greece
Athanasios Nenes
Institute of Env. Research & Sustainable Development, National
Observatory of Athens, Palea Penteli 15236, Greece
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 for Chemical Engineering Science, Foundation for Research
and Technology Hellas, Patra 26504, Greece
Maria Tombrou
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of
Athens, Athens, 15784, Greece
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Concentrations of chemically and size-resolved submicron aerosol particles along with concentrations of gases and meteorological variables were measured at Santorini and Finokalia (central and southern Aegean Sea) during the Etesians. Particle nucleation bursts were recorded. The NPF can double CCN number (at 0.1 % supersaturation), but the resulting strong competition for water vapor in cloudy updrafts decreases maximum supersaturation by 14 % and augments the potential droplet number by 12 %.
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