Variation of size-segregated particle number concentrations in wintertime Beijing

Zhou, Ying; Dada, Lubna; Liu, Yiliang; Fu, Yueyun; Kangasluoma, Juha; Chan, Tommy; Yan, Chao; Chu, Biwu; Daellenbach, Kaspar R.; Bianchi, Federico; Kokkonen, Tom V.; Liu, Yongchun; Kujansuu, Joni; Kerminen, Veli-Matti; Petäjä, Tuukka; Wang, Lin; Jiang, Jingkun; Kulmala, Markku

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1201-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1201-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1201-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

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31 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 31 Jan 2020

Variation of size-segregated particle number concentrations in wintertime Beijing

Ying Zhou, Lubna Dada, Yiliang Liu, Yueyun Fu, Juha Kangasluoma, Tommy Chan, Chao Yan, Biwu Chu, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Federico Bianchi, Tom V. Kokkonen, Yongchun Liu, Joni Kujansuu, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Tuukka Petäjä, Lin Wang, Jingkun Jiang, and Markku Kulmala

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RC1: 'Comments to acp-2019-60', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 May 2019
- AC1: 'Response to comments from reviewer #1', Ying Zhou, 11 Nov 2019
RC2: 'Comments to ACP-2019-60', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Response to comments from reviewer #2', Ying Zhou, 11 Nov 2019

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ED: Publish as is (20 Dec 2019) by Astrid Kiendler-Scharr (deceased)

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In this study, we focus on explaining the concentration variations in the observed particle modes, by relating them to the potential aerosol sources and sinks, and on understanding the connections between these modes. Interestingly, even in the atmospheric cocktail in urban Beijing, secondary new particle formation (NPF) drives the particle number concentration, especially in the sub-3 nm range. We found that the total number concentration is ~ 4 times higher on NPF days than on haze days.