Airborne observations of newly formed boundary layer aerosol particles under cloudy conditions

Altstädter, Barbara; Platis, Andreas; Jähn, Michael; Baars, Holger; Lückerath, Janine; Held, Andreas; Lampert, Astrid; Bange, Jens; Hermann, Markus; Wehner, Birgit

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8249-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8249-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8249-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

Research article

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13 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 13 Jun 2018

Airborne observations of newly formed boundary layer aerosol particles under cloudy conditions

Barbara Altstädter, Andreas Platis, Michael Jähn, Holger Baars, Janine Lückerath, Andreas Held, Astrid Lampert, Jens Bange, Markus Hermann, and Birgit Wehner

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RC1: 'Referee comment - Altstädter et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Jan 2018
RC2: 'Airborne observations of newly formed boundary layer aerosol particles under cloudy conditions, Altstädter et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Jan 2018
SC1: 'comment to the manuscript on ultrafine paricles from airborne observations ovber Melpitz by B. Altstädter et al', Wolfgang Junkermann, 19 Feb 2018
AC1: 'Authors' response by Barbara Altstädter on behalf of the authors', Barbara Altstädter, 25 Apr 2018

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (28 May 2018) by Veli-Matti Kerminen

AR by Barbara Harm-Altstädter on behalf of the Authors (05 Jun 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

This article describes the appearance of ultrafine aerosol particles (size < 12 nm) within the atmospheric boundary layer under cloudy conditions. New particle formation (NPF) was observed with the ALADINA unmanned aerial system in relation to increased turbulence near the inversion layer. Fast mixing processes and rapid dilution of surrounding air led to an insufficient particle growth rate, seen in sporadic clusters at ground. These events might not have been classified as NPF by surface data.