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Zhang Y, Tao J, Ma N, Kuang Y, Wang Z, Cheng P, Xu W, Yang W, Zhang S, Xiong C, Dong W, Xie L, Sun Y, Fu P, Zhou G, Cheng Y, Su H. Predicting cloud condensation nuclei number concentration based on conventional measurements of aerosol properties in the North China Plain. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 719:137473. [PMID: 32126407 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) play an important role in the formation and evolution of cloud droplets. However, the dataset of global CCN number concentration (NCCN) is still scarce due to the lack of direct CCN measurements, hindering an accurate evaluation of its climate effects. Alternative approaches to determine NCCN have thus been proposed to calculate NCCN based on measurements of other aerosol properties, such as particle number size distribution, bulk aerosol chemical composition and aerosol optical properties. To better understand the interaction between haze pollution and climate, we performed direct CCN measurements in the winter of 2018 at the Gucheng site, a typical polluted suburban site in North China Plain (NCP). The results show that the average CCN concentrations were 3.81 × 103 cm-3, 5.35 × 103 cm-3, 9.74 × 103 cm-3, 1.27 × 104 cm-3, 1.44 × 104 cm-3 at measured supersaturation levels of 0.114%, 0.148%, 0.273%, 0.492% and 0.864%, respectively. Based on these observational data, we have further investigated two methods of calculating NCCN from: (1) bulk aerosol chemical composition and particle number size distribution; (2) bulk aerosol chemical composition and aerosol optical properties. Our results showed that both methods could well reproduce the observed concentration (R2 > 0.88) and variability of NCCN with a 9% to 23% difference in the mean value. Further error analysis shows that the estimated NCCN tends to be underestimated by about 20% during the daytime while overestimated by <10% at night compared with the measured NCCN. These results provide quantitative instructions for the NCCN prediction based on conventional aerosol measurements in the NCP.
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- Yanyan Zhang
- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511443, China
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- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511443, China.
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- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511443, China
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- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511443, China
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- Research Center for Air Pollution and Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometer and Atmospheric Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Key Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Composition, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Mass Spectrometer and Atmospheric Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511443, China
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- Research Center for Air Pollution and Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511443, China
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- Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511443, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Key Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Composition, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
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Asa-Awuku A, Moore RH, Nenes A, Bahreini R, Holloway JS, Brock CA, Middlebrook AM, Ryerson TB, Jimenez JL, DeCarlo PF, Hecobian A, Weber RJ, Stickel R, Tanner DJ, Huey LG. Airborne cloud condensation nuclei measurements during the 2006 Texas Air Quality Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1029/2010jd014874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Medina J, Nenes A, Sotiropoulou REP, Cottrell LD, Ziemba LD, Beckman PJ, Griffin RJ. Cloud condensation nuclei closure during the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation 2004 campaign: Effects of size-resolved composition. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1029/2006jd007588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jeessy Medina
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Schools of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space; University of New Hampshire; Durham New Hampshire USA
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- Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space; University of New Hampshire; Durham New Hampshire USA
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- Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space; University of New Hampshire; Durham New Hampshire USA
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- Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, and Department of Earth Sciences; University of New Hampshire; Durham New Hampshire USA
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Raymond TM, Pandis SN. Cloud activation of single‐component organic aerosol particles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Timothy M. Raymond
- Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
- Now at Chemical Engineering Department, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
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Ramanathan V, Crutzen PJ, Lelieveld J, Mitra AP, Althausen D, Anderson J, Andreae MO, Cantrell W, Cass GR, Chung CE, Clarke AD, Coakley JA, Collins WD, Conant WC, Dulac F, Heintzenberg J, Heymsfield AJ, Holben B, Howell S, Hudson J, Jayaraman A, Kiehl JT, Krishnamurti TN, Lubin D, McFarquhar G, Novakov T, Ogren JA, Podgorny IA, Prather K, Priestley K, Prospero JM, Quinn PK, Rajeev K, Rasch P, Rupert S, Sadourny R, Satheesh SK, Shaw GE, Sheridan P, Valero FPJ. Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated analysis of the climate forcing and effects of the great Indo-Asian haze. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1029/2001jd900133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1054] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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