Quantifying aerosol size distributions and their temporal variability in the Southern Great Plains, USA

Marinescu, Peter J.; Levin, Ezra J. T.; Collins, Don; Kreidenweis, Sonia M.; van den Heever, Susan C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11985-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 18

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11985-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11985-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 18

Research article

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26 Sep 2019

Research article |

| 26 Sep 2019

Quantifying aerosol size distributions and their temporal variability in the Southern Great Plains, USA

Peter J. Marinescu, Ezra J. T. Levin, Don Collins, Sonia M. Kreidenweis, and Susan C. van den Heever

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RC1: 'Review of "Quantifying aerosol size distributions and their temporal variability in the Southern Great Plains, USA" by Marinescu et al.,', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'acp-2019-131 - Response to RC1', Peter Marinescu, 16 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'acp-2019-131 - Response to RC2', Peter Marinescu, 16 Aug 2019

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ED: Publish as is (24 Aug 2019) by Fangqun Yu

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We characterized and provided fits for the seasonal aerosol size distributions (7 nm–14 µm diameter) at a North American, long–term surface site (SGP), which can be applied to models. Key cycles on timescales of several hours to weeks were also assessed using power spectra for various aerosol size ranges. One key finding is the consistent presence of diurnal cycles in the smallest particles in each season, providing insights into the formation and roles of new particle formation at SGP.