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In situ observation of new particle formation (NPF) in the tropical tropopause layer of the 2017 Asian monsoon anticyclone – Part 1: Summary of StratoClim results
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Christoph Mahnke
Abteilung Partikelchemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany
now at: Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Manuel Baumgartner
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Antonis Dragoneas
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Abteilung Partikelchemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany
Bärbel Vogel
Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Felix Ploeger
Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Silvia Viciani
National Institute of Optics, National Research Council (CNR-INO), Florence, Italy
Francesco D'Amato
National Institute of Optics, National Research Council (CNR-INO), Florence, Italy
Silvia Bucci
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, UMR 8539, CNRS – École Normale Spérieure, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, École Polytechnique, Paris, France
Bernard Legras
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, UMR 8539, CNRS – École Normale Spérieure, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, École Polytechnique, Paris, France
Beiping Luo
Institute for Atmospheric Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Stephan Borrmann
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Abteilung Partikelchemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany
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Short summary
In July and August 2017, eight StratoClim mission flights of the Geophysica reached up to 20 km in the Asian monsoon anticyclone. New particle formation (NPF) was identified in situ by abundant nucleation-mode aerosols (6–15 nm in diameter) with mixing ratios of up to 50 000 mg−1. NPF occurred most frequently at 12–16 km with fractions of non-volatile residues of down to 15 %. Abundance and productivity of observed NPF indicate its ability to promote the Asian tropopause aerosol layer.
In July and August 2017, eight StratoClim mission flights of the Geophysica reached up to 20 km...
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