Seven years of aerosol scattering hygroscopic growth measurements from SGP: Factors influencing water uptake: Aerosol Scattering Hygroscopic Growth

Jefferson, A.; Hageman, D.; Morrow, H.; Mei, F.; Watson, T.

doi:10.1002/2017JD026804

Title: Seven years of aerosol scattering hygroscopic growth measurements from SGP: Factors influencing water uptake: Aerosol Scattering Hygroscopic Growth

Journal Article · Mon Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD026804· OSTI ID:1394760

^[1]; Hageman, D. ^[1]; Morrow, H. ^[2];

^[3]; Watson, T. ^[4]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Cooperative Inst. of Research in the Environmental Sciences; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO (United States). Earth System Research Lab.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO (United States). Earth System Research Lab.; Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton New York USA

Long-term measurements of changes in the aerosol scattering coefficient hygroscopic growth at the U.S. Department of Energy Southern Great Plains site provide information on the seasonal as well as size and chemical dependence of aerosol water uptake. Annual average sub-10 μm fRH values (the ratio of aerosol scattering at 85%/40% relative humidity (RH)) were 1.78 and 1.99 for the gamma and kappa fit algorithms, respectively. Our study found higher growth rates in the winter and spring seasons that correlated with a high aerosol nitrate mass fraction. fRH exhibited strong, but differing, correlations with the scattering Ångström exponent and backscatter fraction, two optical size-dependent parameters. The aerosol organic mass fraction had a strong influence on fRH. Increases in the organic mass fraction and absorption Ångström exponent coincided with a decrease in fRH. Similarly, fRH declined with decreases in the aerosol single scatter albedo. The uncertainty analysis of the fit algorithms revealed high uncertainty at low scattering coefficients and increased uncertainty at high RH and fit parameters values.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

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OSTI ID:: 1394760

Report Number(s):: BNL-114331-2017-JA; R&D Project: 2019‐BNL-EE630EECA-Budg; KP1701000

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 122, Issue 17; ISSN 2169-897X

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