New particle formation in the sulfuric acid–dimethylamine–water system: reevaluation of CLOUD chamber measurements and comparison to an aerosol nucleation and growth model

Kürten, Andreas; Li, Chenxi; Bianchi, Federico; Curtius, Joachim; Dias, António; Donahue, Neil M.; Duplissy, Jonathan; Flagan, Richard C.; Hakala, Jani; Jokinen, Tuija; Kirkby, Jasper; Kulmala, Markku; Laaksonen, Ari; Lehtipalo, Katrianne; Makhmutov, Vladimir; Onnela, Antti; Rissanen, Matti P.; Simon, Mario; Sipilä, Mikko; Stozhkov, Yuri; Tröstl, Jasmin; Ye, Penglin; McMurry, Peter H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-845-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-845-2018

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23 Jan 2018

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| 23 Jan 2018

New particle formation in the sulfuric acid–dimethylamine–water system: reevaluation of CLOUD chamber measurements and comparison to an aerosol nucleation and growth model

Andreas Kürten, Chenxi Li, Federico Bianchi, Joachim Curtius, António Dias, Neil M. Donahue, Jonathan Duplissy, Richard C. Flagan, Jani Hakala, Tuija Jokinen, Jasper Kirkby, Markku Kulmala, Ari Laaksonen, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Vladimir Makhmutov, Antti Onnela, Matti P. Rissanen, Mario Simon, Mikko Sipilä, Yuri Stozhkov, Jasmin Tröstl, Penglin Ye, and Peter H. McMurry

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RC1: 'Review on the paper by Kürten et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'replies to referee #1', Andreas Kürten, 24 Nov 2017
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'replies to referee #2', Andreas Kürten, 24 Nov 2017
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 06 Nov 2017
- AC3: 'replies to referee #3', Andreas Kürten, 24 Nov 2017

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AR by Andreas Kürten on behalf of the Authors (24 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Nov 2017) by Farahnaz Khosrawi

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (05 Dec 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (05 Dec 2017) by Farahnaz Khosrawi

AR by Andreas Kürten on behalf of the Authors (06 Dec 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

A recent laboratory study (CLOUD) showed that new particles nucleate efficiently from sulfuric acid and dimethylamine (DMA). The reanalysis of previously published data reveals that the nucleation rates are even faster than previously assumed, i.e., nucleation can proceed at rates that are compatible with collision-controlled new particle formation for atmospheric conditions. This indicates that sulfuric acid–DMA nucleation is likely an important source of particles in the boundary layer.