Original Research Papers
Changes in aerosol size- and phase distributions due to physical and chemical processes in fog
Authors:
- Kevin J. NooneEmail Kevin J. Noone
- John A. Ogren
- Anneli Hallberg
- Jost Heintzenberg
- Johan Ström
- Hans-Christen Hansson
- Birgitta Svenningsson
- Alfred Wiedensohler
- Sandro Fuzzi
- Maria Christina Facchini
- Beate G. Arends
- Axel Berner
Abstract
Measurements of the scavenging efficiency of aerosol particles in fog are presented. The scavenging efficiency as a function of size for accumulation-mode particles is presented, along with efficiencies for the total number, accumulation-mode number, and accumulation-mode volume. Particles below ca. 0.3 μm diameter were not efficiently scavenged in the fogs. The scavenging efficiency for accumulation-mode particles showed two steps, indicating that the hygroscopic/hydrophobic nature of the aerosol appeared to have been a controlling factor in determining scavenging efficiencies. Observed changes in the aerosol size distributions are discussed in reference to the processes (i.e., in-cloud scavenging, aqueous-phase reactions) potentially influencing them.
- Year: 1992
- Volume: 44 Issue: 5
- Page/Article: 489-504
- DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v44i5.15563
- Submitted on 11 Nov 1991
- Accepted on 4 May 1992
- Published on 1 Jan 1992
- Peer Reviewed