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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-981-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-981-2023
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Research article
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20 Jan 2023
Research article |
| 20 Jan 2023
| 20 Jan 2023
African smoke particles act as cloud condensation nuclei in the wintertime tropical North Atlantic boundary layer over Barbados
Haley M. Royer
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine,
Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Mira L. Pöhlker
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Multiphase Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig,
Germany
Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics Department, Leibniz
Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Ovid Krüger
Department of Multiphase Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Edmund Blades
Barbados Atmospheric Chemistry Observatory, Ragged Point, Barbados
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados
Peter Sealy
Barbados Atmospheric Chemistry Observatory, Ragged Point, Barbados
Nurun Nahar Lata
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Zezhen Cheng
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Swarup China
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Andrew P. Ault
Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Patricia K. Quinn
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA, USA
Paquita Zuidema
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine,
Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Christopher Pöhlker
Department of Multiphase Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Ulrich Pöschl
Department of Multiphase Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Meinrat Andreae
Department of Multiphase Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Department of Geology and Geophysics, King Saud University, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San
Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine,
Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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Short summary
This paper presents atmospheric particle chemical composition and measurements of aerosol water uptake properties collected at Ragged Point, Barbados, during the winter of 2020. The result of this study indicates the importance of small African smoke particles for cloud droplet formation in the tropical North Atlantic and highlights the large spatial and temporal pervasiveness of smoke over the Atlantic Ocean.
This paper presents atmospheric particle chemical composition and measurements of aerosol water...
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