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12 Jun 2020
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| 12 Jun 2020
| 12 Jun 2020
Air mass physiochemical characteristics over New Delhi: impacts on aerosol hygroscopicity and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) formation
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi, New Delhi, India
Sahil Bhandari
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas
at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Shahzad Gani
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Joshua S. Apte
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas
at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Gazala Habib
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi, New Delhi, India
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Aerosol physiochemical properties were characterized for three prominent air masses over New Delhi, a highly polluted megacity. The chemical composition and size distribution data were used to deduce the hygroscopicity parameter and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) number concentration. The activated fraction was the highest in the world for any continental site. The aerosol physiochemical properties and their diurnal patterns were interlinked and impacted aerosol hygroscopicity and CCN activity.
Aerosol physiochemical properties were characterized for three prominent air masses over New...
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