Regional new particle formation as modulators of cloud condensation nuclei and cloud droplet number in the eastern Mediterranean

Kalkavouras, Panayiotis; Bougiatioti, Aikaterini; Kalivitis, Nikos; Stavroulas, Iasonas; Tombrou, Maria; Nenes, Athanasios; Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6185-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6185-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6185-2019

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

Articles | Volume 19, issue 9

Research article

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09 May 2019

Research article |

| 09 May 2019

Regional new particle formation as modulators of cloud condensation nuclei and cloud droplet number in the eastern Mediterranean

Panayiotis Kalkavouras, Aikaterini Bougiatioti, Nikos Kalivitis, Iasonas Stavroulas, Maria Tombrou, Athanasios Nenes, and Nikolaos Mihalopoulos

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We study how new particle formation (NPF) events affect clouds throughout the year at a ground site in the E Mediterranean. Using a new tools and evaluation metrics, NPF is found to affect only evening and nocturnal clouds by modestly increasing droplet number by 7 to 12 %. A conventional analysis based on CCN concentration at prescribed supersaturation levels or aerosol size can considerably bias the perceived influence of NPF events on regional clouds, the hydrological cycle, and climate.