New particle formation and its effect on cloud condensation nuclei abundance in the summer Arctic: a case study in the Fram Strait and Barents Sea

Kecorius, Simonas; Vogl, Teresa; Paasonen, Pauli; Lampilahti, Janne; Rothenberg, Daniel; Wex, Heike; Zeppenfeld, Sebastian; van Pinxteren, Manuela; Hartmann, Markus; Henning, Silvia; Gong, Xianda; Welti, Andre; Kulmala, Markku; Stratmann, Frank; Herrmann, Hartmut; Wiedensohler, Alfred

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-14339-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-14339-2019

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27 Nov 2019

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| 27 Nov 2019

New particle formation and its effect on cloud condensation nuclei abundance in the summer Arctic: a case study in the Fram Strait and Barents Sea

Simonas Kecorius, Teresa Vogl, Pauli Paasonen, Janne Lampilahti, Daniel Rothenberg, Heike Wex, Sebastian Zeppenfeld, Manuela van Pinxteren, Markus Hartmann, Silvia Henning, Xianda Gong, Andre Welti, Markku Kulmala, Frank Stratmann, Hartmut Herrmann, and Alfred Wiedensohler

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Arctic sea-ice retreat, atmospheric new particle formation (NPF), and aerosol–cloud interaction may all be linked via a positive feedback mechanism. Understanding the sources of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) is an important piece in the Arctic amplification puzzle. We show that Arctic newly formed particles do not have to grow beyond the Aitken mode to act as CCN. This is important, because NPF occurrence in the Arctic is expected to increase, making it a significant contributor to CCN budget.