ISSN:
1573-0662
Keywords:
scavenging efficiency
;
total carbon
;
aerosol carbon
;
sulfate
;
liquid water content
;
cloud water
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Geosciences
Notes:
Abstract Cloud water and interstitial aerosol samples collected at Mt. Sonnblick (SBO) were analyzed for sulfate and ‘aerosol carbon’ to calculate in-cloud scavenging efficiencies. Scavenging efficiencies for sulfate (εSO) ranged from 0.52 to 0.99 with an average of 0.80. ‘Aerosol carbon’ was scavenged less efficiently with an average value (εAC) of 0.45 and minimum and maximum values of 0.14 and 0.81, respectively. Both εSO and εAC showed a marked, but slightly different, dependence on the liquid water content (LWC) of the cloud. At low LWC, εSO increased with rising LWC until it reached a relatively constant value of 0.83 above an LWC of ≈ 0.3 g/m3. In the case of ‘aerosol carbon’, we obtained a more gradual increase of εAC up to an LWC of ≈ 0.5 g/m3. At higher LWCs, ε_ remained relatively constant at 0.60. As the differences between εSO and εA varied across the LWC range observed at SBO, we assume that part of the ‘aerosol carbon’ was incorporated into the cloud droplets independently from sulfate. This hypothesis is supported by size classified aerosol measurements. The differences in the size distributions of sulfate and total carbon point to a partially external mixture. Thus, the different chemical nature and the differences in the size and mixing state of the aerosol particles are the most likely candidates for the differences in the scavenging behavior.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1006250508562
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