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SCILLA Secondary Aerosol Volume Concentration Airborne Data
Abstract
This data set contains secondary aerosol volume concentration in cubic micrometers per cubic centimeter (um^3/cm^3). The aerosol was generated in an oxidation flow reactor (OFR) and its volume concentration measured with a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS). Both components were designed and built at the University of California Riverside. Ambient particles were removed with a Teflon filter upstream of the OFR and then pure ammonium sulfate particles were added to create a stable aerosol surface area on which low-volatility oxidation products condense. High concentrations of hydroxyl radical (OH) formed inside the OFR accelerate the oxidative chemistry that would typically occur over a period of several days in the atmosphere, resulting in the production of secondary aerosol from precursor gases present in the ambient air. Concentrations of added ozone and water vapor were controlled to produce the desired and approximately constant level of photochemical aging. The reactor temperature was controlled, while the pressure was not, and was always slightly lower than that of the sampled outside air. Sampled air was pulled from above the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Twin Otter aircraft through a rear-facing, ¼” OD PFA Teflon tube. The sample stream was split between the OFR and several gas analyzers (NOx,more »
- Publication Date:
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Research Org.:
- Atmospheric Radiation Measurement User Facility
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- Collaborations:
- PNNL, BNL, ANL, ORNL
- Subject:
- {"secondary aerosol concentration",aerosol_concentration,troposphere}
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2574044
- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.5439/2574044
Citation Formats
Collins, Don, Han, Minghao, Witte, Mikael, and Bucholtz, Anthony. SCILLA Secondary Aerosol Volume Concentration Airborne Data. United States: N. p., 2025.
Web. doi:10.5439/2574044.
Collins, Don, Han, Minghao, Witte, Mikael, & Bucholtz, Anthony. SCILLA Secondary Aerosol Volume Concentration Airborne Data. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.5439/2574044
Collins, Don, Han, Minghao, Witte, Mikael, and Bucholtz, Anthony. 2025.
"SCILLA Secondary Aerosol Volume Concentration Airborne Data". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.5439/2574044. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2574044. Pub date:Tue Jul 29 04:00:00 UTC 2025
@article{osti_2574044,
title = {SCILLA Secondary Aerosol Volume Concentration Airborne Data},
author = {Collins, Don and Han, Minghao and Witte, Mikael and Bucholtz, Anthony},
abstractNote = {This data set contains secondary aerosol volume concentration in cubic micrometers per cubic centimeter (um^3/cm^3). The aerosol was generated in an oxidation flow reactor (OFR) and its volume concentration measured with a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS). Both components were designed and built at the University of California Riverside. Ambient particles were removed with a Teflon filter upstream of the OFR and then pure ammonium sulfate particles were added to create a stable aerosol surface area on which low-volatility oxidation products condense. High concentrations of hydroxyl radical (OH) formed inside the OFR accelerate the oxidative chemistry that would typically occur over a period of several days in the atmosphere, resulting in the production of secondary aerosol from precursor gases present in the ambient air. Concentrations of added ozone and water vapor were controlled to produce the desired and approximately constant level of photochemical aging. The reactor temperature was controlled, while the pressure was not, and was always slightly lower than that of the sampled outside air. Sampled air was pulled from above the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Twin Otter aircraft through a rear-facing, ¼” OD PFA Teflon tube. The sample stream was split between the OFR and several gas analyzers (NOx, CO, O3, and H2O). Though not contained in these files, data from an aerosol mass spectrometer intermittently operated downstream of the OFR are also available.},
doi = {10.5439/2574044},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 29 04:00:00 UTC 2025},
month = {Tue Jul 29 04:00:00 UTC 2025}
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