Long- and short-term temporal variability in cloud condensation nuclei spectra over a wide supersaturation range in the Southern Great Plains site

Perkins, Russell J.; Marinescu, Peter J.; Levin, Ezra J. T.; Collins, Don R.; Kreidenweis, Sonia M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6197-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6197-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6197-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 9

Research article

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11 May 2022

Research article |

| 11 May 2022

Long- and short-term temporal variability in cloud condensation nuclei spectra over a wide supersaturation range in the Southern Great Plains site

Russell J. Perkins, Peter J. Marinescu, Ezra J. T. Levin, Don R. Collins, and Sonia M. Kreidenweis

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Data sets

Southern Great Plains Merged and Extended Cloud Condensation Nuclei Data Russell J. Perkins, Peter J. Marinescu, Ezra J. T. Levin, Don R. Collins, and Sonia M. Kreidenweis https://doi.org/10.5439/1832908

ARM: AOS: condensation particle counter C. Salwen, M. Boyer, S. Springston, C. Kuang, and E. Andrews https://doi.org/10.5439/1025152

ARM: Aerosol Observing System (AOS): aerosol data, 1-min, mentor-QC applied D. Hageman, B. Behrens, S. Smith, J. Uin, C. Salwen, A. Koontz, A. Jefferson, T. Watson, A. Sedlacek, C. Kuang, M. Dubey, S. Springston, and G. Senum https://doi.org/10.5439/1025259

ARM: Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer: size-resolved concentrations D. Collins https://doi.org/10.5439/1025303

ARM: Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer Aerosol Particle Sizer D. Collins https://doi.org/10.5439/1150275

AOS humidified nephelometer, harmonized A. Koontz, C. Flynn, J. Uin, and A. Jefferson https://doi.org/10.5439/1228051

Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor, mentor processed, .c2 M. Zawadowicz and J. Howie https://doi.org/10.5439/1763029524

SGP Merged Aerosol Size Distribution (CPC+SMPS+APS) P. Marinescu and E. Levin https://doi.org/10.5439/1511037

Southern Great Plains Merged and Extended Cloud Condensation Nuclei Data R. Perkins https://doi.org/10.5439/1832908

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We used 5 years (2009–2013) of aerosol and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) data from a total of seven instruments housed at the Southern Great Plains site, which were merged into a quality-controlled, continuous dataset of CCN spectra at ~45 min resolution. The data cover all seasons, are representative of a rural, agricultural mid-continental site, and are useful for model initialization and validation. Our analysis of this dataset focuses on seasonal and hourly variability.