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Articles | Volume 23, issue 16
Articles | Volume 23, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-9287-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-9287-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 23, issue 16
Research article
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24 Aug 2023
Research article |  | 24 Aug 2023

Explaining apparent particle shrinkage related to new particle formation events in western Saudi Arabia does not require evaporation

Simo Hakala, Ville Vakkari, Heikki Lihavainen, Antti-Pekka Hyvärinen, Kimmo Neitola, Jenni Kontkanen, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, Tareq Hussein, Mamdouh I. Khoder, Mansour A. Alghamdi, and Pauli Paasonen

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Things are not always as they first seem in ambient aerosol measurements. Observations of decreasing particle sizes are often interpreted as resulting from particle evaporation. We show that such observations can counterintuitively be explained by particles that are constantly growing in size. This requires one to account for the previous movements of the observed air. Our explanation implies a larger number of larger particles, meaning more significant effects of aerosols on climate and health.
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