Towards understanding the characteristics of new particle formation in the Eastern Mediterranean

Baalbaki, Rima; Pikridas, Michael; Jokinen, Tuija; Laurila, Tiia; Dada, Lubna; Bezantakos, Spyros; Ahonen, Lauri; Neitola, Kimmo; Maisser, Anne; Bimenyimana, Elie; Christodoulou, Aliki; Unga, Florin; Savvides, Chrysanthos; Lehtipalo, Katrianne; Kangasluoma, Juha; Biskos, George; Petäjä, Tuukka; Kerminen, Veli-Matti; Sciare, Jean; Kulmala, Markku

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9223-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9223-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9223-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 11

Research article

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16 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 16 Jun 2021

Towards understanding the characteristics of new particle formation in the Eastern Mediterranean

Rima Baalbaki, Michael Pikridas, Tuija Jokinen, Tiia Laurila, Lubna Dada, Spyros Bezantakos, Lauri Ahonen, Kimmo Neitola, Anne Maisser, Elie Bimenyimana, Aliki Christodoulou, Florin Unga, Chrysanthos Savvides, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Juha Kangasluoma, George Biskos, Tuukka Petäjä, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Jean Sciare, and Markku Kulmala

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RC1: 'Referee Comment for acp-2020-1066', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jan 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Rima Baalbaki, 19 Apr 2021
RC2: 'Referee comment for acp-2020-1066', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Jan 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Rima Baalbaki, 19 Apr 2021

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AR by Rima Baalbaki on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 May 2021) by Fangqun Yu

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AA by Rima Baalbaki on behalf of the Authors (04 Jun 2021) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (07 Jun 2021) by Fangqun Yu

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This study investigates new particle formation (NPF) in the less represented region of the Mediterranean basin using 1-year measurements of aerosol particles down to ~ 1 nm in diameter. We report a high frequency of NPF and give examples of interesting NPF features. We quantify the strength of NPF events by calculating formation rates and growth rates. We further unveil the atmospheric conditions and variables considered important for the intra-monthly and inter-monthly occurrence of NPF.