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Enhanced growth rate of atmospheric particles from sulfuric acid
Dominik Stolzenburg
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Mario Simon
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Ananth Ranjithkumar
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
UK
Andreas Kürten
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Katrianne Lehtipalo
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Finnish Meteorological Institute, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
Hamish Gordon
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
UK
Sebastian Ehrhart
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
Henning Finkenzeller
Department of Chemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
Lukas Pichelstorfer
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Tuomo Nieminen
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Xu-Cheng He
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Sophia Brilke
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Mao Xiao
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
António Amorim
Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation, Faculty of Sciences of the
University of Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Rima Baalbaki
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Andrea Baccarini
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
Lisa Beck
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Steffen Bräkling
Tofwerk AG, 3600 Thun, Switzerland
Lucía Caudillo Murillo
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Dexian Chen
Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Lubna Dada
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
António Dias
Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation, Faculty of Sciences of the
University of Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Josef Dommen
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
Jonathan Duplissy
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Imad El Haddad
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
Lukas Fischer
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Loic Gonzalez Carracedo
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Martin Heinritzi
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Changhyuk Kim
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University,
Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
Theodore K. Koenig
Department of Chemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
Weimeng Kong
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Houssni Lamkaddam
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
Chuan Ping Lee
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
Markus Leiminger
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Ionicon Analytik GmbH, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, 70211
Kuopio, Finland
Vladimir Makhmutov
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
119991 Moscow, Russia
Hanna E. Manninen
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva,
Switzerland
Guillaume Marie
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Ruby Marten
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
Tatjana Müller
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Wei Nie
Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth
System Sciences, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023
Nanjing, China
Eva Partoll
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Tuukka Petäjä
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Joschka Pfeifer
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva,
Switzerland
Maxim Philippov
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
119991 Moscow, Russia
Matti P. Rissanen
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, 33101 Tampere,
Finland
Birte Rörup
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Siegfried Schobesberger
Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, 70211
Kuopio, Finland
Simone Schuchmann
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva,
Switzerland
Jiali Shen
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Mikko Sipilä
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Gerhard Steiner
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Yuri Stozhkov
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
119991 Moscow, Russia
Christian Tauber
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Yee Jun Tham
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
António Tomé
Institute Infante Dom Luíz, University of Beira Interior,
6200-001 Covilhã, Portugal
Miguel Vazquez-Pufleau
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Andrea C. Wagner
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Department of Chemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
Mingyi Wang
Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
Yonghong Wang
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Stefan K. Weber
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva,
Switzerland
Daniela Wimmer
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Peter J. Wlasits
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Yusheng Wu
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
Marcel Zauner-Wieczorek
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Urs Baltensperger
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
Kenneth S. Carslaw
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
UK
Joachim Curtius
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Neil M. Donahue
Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
Richard C. Flagan
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Armin Hansel
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Ionicon Analytik GmbH, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Markku Kulmala
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Jos Lelieveld
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
Rainer Volkamer
Department of Chemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
Jasper Kirkby
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva,
Switzerland
Paul M. Winkler
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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SC1: 'Questions on the presented analysis', Christopher Hogan, 05 Dec 2019
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AC1: 'Reply to Christopher Hogan "Questions on the presented analysis"', Dominik Stolzenburg, 13 Dec 2019
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AC1: 'Reply to Christopher Hogan "Questions on the presented analysis"', Dominik Stolzenburg, 13 Dec 2019
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RC1: 'Issues surrounding GR determination and uncertainties.', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Dec 2019
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RC2: 'More comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jan 2020
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RC2: 'More comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jan 2020
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RC3: 'Review of Stolzenburg et al. (2019)', Anonymous Referee #3, 06 Jan 2020
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SC2: 'On possible issues in the theoretical part', Roope Halonen, 08 Jan 2020
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Short summary
Sulfuric acid is a major atmospheric vapour for aerosol formation. If new particles grow fast enough, they can act as cloud droplet seeds or affect air quality. In a controlled laboratory set-up, we demonstrate that van der Waals forces enhance growth from sulfuric acid. We disentangle the effects of ammonia, ions and particle hydration, presenting a complete picture of sulfuric acid growth from molecular clusters onwards. In a climate model, we show its influence on the global aerosol budget.
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