Erik Swietlicki
Professor
Elemental composition of fog interstitial particle size fractions and hydrophobic fractions related to fog droplet nucleation scavenging
Author
Summary, in English
The cloud nucleation scavenging process was studied during a joint campaign of the EUROTRAC sub‐project Ground‐based Cloud Experiment. It was found that the particle size has a strong influence on the partitioning of particles between the cloud droplet and the interstitial aerosol reservoirs. A new aerosol sampling unit, the relative humidity processing system, was employed for the extraction of particles with a low growth‐ability with respect to increased relative humidity. The system supplied tracer elements on the particle growth‐ability. These elements could be used to identify a factor related to particle hygroscopic properties, which was in effect as a selector of cloud condensation nuclei.
Department/s
- Nuclear physics
Publishing year
1992
Language
English
Pages
593-603
Publication/Series
Tellus. Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume
44
Issue
5
Links
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Topic
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0280-6509