Chemical composition and droplet size distribution of cloud at the summit of Mount Tai, China

Li, Jiarong; Wang, Xinfeng; Chen, Jianmin; Zhu, Chao; Li, Weijun; Li, Chengbao; Liu, Lu; Xu, Caihong; Wen, Liang; Xue, Likun; Wang, Wenxing; Ding, Aijun; Herrmann, Hartmut

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9885-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9885-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9885-2017

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23 Aug 2017

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| 23 Aug 2017

Chemical composition and droplet size distribution of cloud at the summit of Mount Tai, China

Jiarong Li, Xinfeng Wang, Jianmin Chen, Chao Zhu, Weijun Li, Chengbao Li, Lu Liu, Caihong Xu, Liang Wen, Likun Xue, Wenxing Wang, Aijun Ding, and Hartmut Herrmann

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RC1: 'Review of "Chemical composition and droplet size distribution of cloud at the summit of Mount Tai, China”', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Mar 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to comments from Anonymous Referee #2', Jianmin Chen, 11 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Comments on Li et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 May 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to comments from Anonymous Referee #1', Jianmin Chen, 11 Jun 2017

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Jul 2017) by Hang Su

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (21 Jul 2017)

ED: Publish as is (25 Jul 2017) by Hang Su

AR by Jianmin Chen on behalf of the Authors (28 Jul 2017) Manuscript

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Cloud events at Mt. Tai were investigated for the chemical composition and size distribution of cloud droplets. An obvious rise in pH was found for elevated NH⁺₄ during the last decade. Higher PM_2.5 levels resulted in higher concentrations of water-soluble ions, smaller sizes and higher numbers of cloud droplets. The mechanism of cloud-droplet formation and the mass transfer between aerosol–gas–cloud phases were summarized to enrich the knowledge of cloud chemical and microphysical properties.