Impact of isolated atmospheric aging processes on the cloud condensation nuclei activation of soot particles

Friebel, Franz; Lobo, Prem; Neubauer, David; Lohmann, Ulrike; Drossaart van Dusseldorp, Saskia; Mühlhofer, Evelyn; Mensah, Amewu A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15545-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 24

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 15545–15567, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15545-2019

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

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 15545–15567, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15545-2019

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

Articles | Volume 19, issue 24

Research article

19 Dec 2019

Research article | 19 Dec 2019

Impact of isolated atmospheric aging processes on the cloud condensation nuclei activation of soot particles

Franz Friebel et al.

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15545-2019-supplement

Data sets

Data for the publication "Impact of Isolated Atmospheric Aging processes on the Cloud Condensation Nucleiactivation of Soot Particles" F. Friebel, P. Lobo, D. Neubauer, U. Lohmann, S. Drossaart van Dusseldorp, E. Mühlhofer, and A. A. Mensah https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3451267

Model code and software

Script for the publication "Impact of Isolated Atmospheric Aging processes on the Cloud Condensation Nucleiactivation of Soot Particles" F. Friebel, P. Lobo, D. Neubauer, U. Lohmann, S. Drossaart van Dusseldorp, E. Mühlhofer, and A. A. Mensah https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3452036

Short summary

We investigated the change in cloud droplet activity of size-selected soot particles after being exposed to atmospheric levels of ozone over the course of 12 h. For this, we operated a 3 m³ aerosol chamber in continuous-flow mode. The results were fed into a climate model (ECHAM-HAM). We found that the oxidation of soot particles with ozone is a significant source of cloud condensation nuclei in the atmosphere.