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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17185-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17185-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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25 Nov 2021
Research article |
| 25 Nov 2021
| 25 Nov 2021
Seasonality of the particle number concentration and size distribution: a global analysis retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories
Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique (LaMP), 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Martine Collaud Coen
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland
Elisabeth Andrews
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
Dept. Atmospheric and Climate Research, NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
Isaline Bossert
Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique (LaMP), 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Physics department, Université Bourgogne Franche Comté, Besançon, France
Cathrine Lund Myhre
Dept. Atmospheric and Climate Research, NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
Thomas Tuch
Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Alfred Wiedensohler
Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Markus Fiebig
Dept. Atmospheric and Climate Research, NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
Pasi Aalto
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Andrés Alastuey
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Elisabeth Alonso-Blanco
Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain
Marcos Andrade
Laboratorio de Fisica de la Atmosfera, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia
Begoña Artíñano
Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain
Todor Arsov
Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Urs Baltensperger
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Susanne Bastian
Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG), Dresden, Germany
Olaf Bath
German Environment Agency (UBA), Zugspitze, Germany
Johan Paul Beukes
Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group, Chemical Resource Beneficiation, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa
Benjamin T. Brem
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Nicolas Bukowiecki
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
now at: Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Juan Andrés Casquero-Vera
Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), University of Granada, Autonomous Government of Andalusia, Granada, Spain
Sébastien Conil
ANDRA DRD/GES Observatoire Pérenne de l'Environnement, 55290 Bure, France
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
ERL, Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Science & Technology, Energy & Safety N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, Attiki, Greece
Olivier Favez
Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
Harald Flentje
Meteorological Observatory Hohenpeissenberg, Hohenpeißenberg, German Weather Service, Germany
Maria I. Gini
ERL, Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Science & Technology, Energy & Safety N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, Attiki, Greece
Francisco Javier Gómez-Moreno
Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain
Martin Gysel-Beer
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Anna Gannet Hallar
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
Ivo Kalapov
Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Nikos Kalivitis
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, 71003, Greece
Anne Kasper-Giebl
Institute of Chemical Technlogies and Analytics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Melita Keywood
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, PMB1 Aspendale, VIC, Australia
Jeong Eun Kim
Global Atmosphere Watch Team, Innovative Meteorological Research Department, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, Korea
Sang-Woo Kim
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Adam Kristensson
Division of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Markku Kulmala
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Heikki Lihavainen
Atmospheric composition research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
Neng-Huei Lin
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Center for Environmental Monitoring Technology, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Hassan Lyamani
Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), University of Granada, Autonomous Government of Andalusia, Granada, Spain
Angela Marinoni
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, Bologna, Italy
Sebastiao Martins Dos Santos
Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Ispra, Italy
Olga L. Mayol-Bracero
Department of Environmental Science, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Frank Meinhardt
German Environment Agency (UBA), Zugspitze, Germany
Maik Merkel
Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Jean-Marc Metzger
Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de La Réunion (OSUR), UMS3365, Saint-Denis de la Réunion, France
Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, 71003, Greece
Institute of Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Palea Penteli, 15236, Greece
Jakub Ondracek
Department of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, CAS, Prague, Czech Republic
Marco Pandolfi
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Noemi Pérez
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Tuukka Petäjä
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Jean-Eudes Petit
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, UMR 8212 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
David Picard
Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique (LaMP), 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Jean-Marc Pichon
Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique (LaMP), 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Veronique Pont
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, CNRS-Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
Jean-Philippe Putaud
Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Ispra, Italy
Fabienne Reisen
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, PMB1 Aspendale, VIC, Australia
Karine Sellegri
Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique (LaMP), 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Sangeeta Sharma
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Gerhard Schauer
Sonnblick Observatory, ZAMG, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Patrick Sheridan
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
James Patrick Sherman
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA
Andreas Schwerin
German Environment Agency (UBA), Zugspitze, Germany
Ralf Sohmer
German Environment Agency (UBA), Zugspitze, Germany
Mar Sorribas
Atmospheric Sounding Station, El Arenosillo, Atmospheric Research and Instrumentation Branch, INTA, 21130, Mazagón, Huelva, Spain
Junying Sun
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather & Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Pierre Tulet
Laboratoire de l'Atmosphère et des Cyclones (LACy), UMR8105, Université de la Réunion – CNRS – Météo-France, Saint-Denis de La Réunion, France
Ville Vakkari
Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group, Chemical Resource Beneficiation, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa
Atmospheric composition research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Pieter Gideon van Zyl
Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group, Chemical Resource Beneficiation, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa
Fernando Velarde
Laboratorio de Fisica de la Atmosfera, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia
Paolo Villani
4S Company, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Stergios Vratolis
ERL, Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Science & Technology, Energy & Safety N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, Attiki, Greece
Zdenek Wagner
Department of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, CAS, Prague, Czech Republic
Sheng-Hsiang Wang
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Kay Weinhold
Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Rolf Weller
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Margarita Yela
Atmospheric Sounding Station, El Arenosillo, Atmospheric Research and Instrumentation Branch, INTA, 21130, Mazagón, Huelva, Spain
Vladimir Zdimal
Department of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, CAS, Prague, Czech Republic
Paolo Laj
Univ. Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble-INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, Bologna, Italy
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Data sets
Seasonality of the particle number concentration and size distribution: a global analysis retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories Clémence Rose, Martine Collaud Coen, Elisabeth Andrews, Yong Lin, Isaline Bossert, Cathrine Lund Myhre, Thomas Tuch, Alfred Wiedensohler, Markus Fiebig, Pasi Aalto, Andrés Alastuey, Elisabeth Alonso-Blanco, Marcos Andrade, Begoña Artíñano, Todor Arsov, Urs Baltensperger, Susanne Bastian, Olaf Bath, Johan Paul Beukes, Benjamin T. Brem, Nicolas Bukowiecki, Juan Andrés Casquero-Vera, Sébastien Conil, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Olivier Favez, Harald Flentje, Maria I. Gini, Francisco Javier Gómez-Moreno, Martin Gysel-Beer, A. Gannet Hallar, Ivo Kalapov, Nikos Kalivitis, Anne Kasper-Giebl, Melita Keywood, Jeong Eun Kim, Sang-Woo Kim, Adam Kristensson, Markku Kulmala, Heikki Lihavainen, Neng-Huei Lin, Hassan Lyamani, Angela Marinoni, Sebastiao Martins Dos Santos, Olga L. Mayol-Bracero, Frank Meinhardt, Maik Merkel, Jean-Marc Metzger, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Jakub Ondracek, Marco Pandolfi, Noemi Pérez, Tuukka Petäjä, Jean-Eudes Petit, David Picard, Jean-Marc Pichon, Veronique Pont, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Fabienne Reisen, Karine Sellegri, Sangeeta Sharma, Gerhard Schauer, Patrick Sheridan, James Patrick Sherman, Andreas Schwerin, Ralf Sohmer, Mar Sorribas, Junying Sun, Pierre Tulet, Ville Vakkari, Pieter Gideon van Zyl, Fernando Velarde, Paolo Villani, Stergios Vratolis, Zdenek Wagner, Sheng-Hsiang Wang, Kay Weinhold, Rolf Weller, Margarita Yela, Vladimir Zdimal, and Paolo Laj https://doi.org/10.21336/gen.sg1y-ay21
Short summary
Aerosol particles are a complex component of the atmospheric system the effects of which are among the most uncertain in climate change projections. Using data collected at 62 stations, this study provides the most up-to-date picture of the spatial distribution of particle number concentration and size distribution worldwide, with the aim of contributing to better representation of aerosols and their interactions with clouds in models and, therefore, better evaluation of their impact on climate.
Aerosol particles are a complex component of the atmospheric system the effects of which are...
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