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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13607-2022
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Chemical analysis of the Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL) with emphasis on secondary aerosol particles using aircraft-based in situ aerosol mass spectrometry
Oliver Appel
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Franziska Köllner
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Antonis Dragoneas
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Andreas Hünig
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Sergej Molleker
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Hans Schlager
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Christoph Mahnke
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
now at: Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Ralf Weigel
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Max Port
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
now at: Montessori Zentrum Hofheim, Germany
Christiane Schulz
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
now at: Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung, Müncheberg, Germany
Frank Drewnick
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Bärbel Vogel
Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Fred Stroh
Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Stephan Borrmann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Quantifying shortwave radiative forcing and heating rates of UTLS aerosols in the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone region V. Santhosh et al.
- An unrecognized mode of small particles in the lower stratosphere M. Lyu et al.
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This paper clarifies the chemical composition of the Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL) by means of airborne in situ aerosol mass spectrometry (AMS). Ammonium nitrate and organics are found to significantly contribute to the particle layer, while sulfate does not show a layered structure. An analysis of the single-particle mass spectra suggests that secondary particle formation and subsequent growth dominate the particle composition, rather than condensation on pre-existing primary particles.
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