Articles | Volume 22, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8059-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8059-2022
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22 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 22 Jun 2022

Characterizing the hygroscopicity of growing particles in the Canadian Arctic summer

Rachel Y.-W. Chang, Jonathan P. D. Abbatt, Matthew C. Boyer, Jai Prakash Chaubey, and Douglas B. Collins

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During summer 2016, the ability of newly formed particles to turn into droplets was measured in the Canadian Arctic. Our observations suggest that these small particles were growing by the condensation of organic vapours likely coming from the surrounding open waters. These particles grew large enough that they could form cloud droplets and therefore affect the earth’s radiation budget. These results are relevant as the Arctic summer rapidly warms with climate change.
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