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Title: Extensive Soot Compaction by Cloud Processing from Laboratory and Field Observations

Abstract

Soot particles form during combustion of carbonaceous materials and impact climate and air quality. When freshly emitted, they are typically fractal-like aggregates. After atmospheric aging, they can act as cloud condensation nuclei, and water condensation or evaporation restructure them to more compact aggregates, affecting their optical, aerodynamic, and surface properties. Here we survey the morphology of ambient soot particles from various locations and different environmental and aging conditions. We used electron microscopy and show extensive soot compaction after cloud processing. We further performed laboratory experiments to simulate atmospheric cloud processing under controlled conditions. We find that soot particles sampled after evaporating the cloud droplets, are significantly more compact than freshly emitted and interstitial soot, confirming that cloud processing, not just exposure to high humidity, compacts soot. Our findings have implications for how the radiative, surface, and aerodynamic properties, and the fate of soot particles are represented in numerical models.

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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Science Foundation (NSF); Research Council of Norway
OSTI Identifier:
1619574
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1566118; OSTI ID: 1633041
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-28388; PNNL-SA-143342
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322; 11824; PII: 48143
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0006941; 89233218CNA000001; SC0010019; SC0018931; AC05-76RL01830; F265; NNX12AN97H; 80NSSC17K0449; NNX15AI48G; NNX15AI66G; AGS-1110059; AGS 1039742; AGS-1544425; AGS-1455215; AGS-1754244
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Volume: 9 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Earth Sciences; soot, climate, morphology, cloud processes, radiation

Citation Formats

Bhandari, Janarjan, China, Swarup, Chandrakar, Kamal Kant, Kinney, Greg, Cantrell, Will, Shaw, Raymond A., Mazzoleni, Lynn R., Girotto, Giulia, Sharma, Noopur, Gorkowski, Kyle, Gilardoni, Stefania, Decesari, Stefano, Facchini, Maria Cristina, Zanca, Nicola, Pavese, Giulia, Esposito, Francesco, Dubey, Manvendra K., Aiken, Allison C., Chakrabarty, Rajan K., Moosmüller, Hans, Onasch, Timothy B., Zaveri, Rahul A., Scarnato, Barbara V., Fialho, Paulo, and Mazzoleni, Claudio. Extensive Soot Compaction by Cloud Processing from Laboratory and Field Observations. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-48143-y.
Bhandari, Janarjan, China, Swarup, Chandrakar, Kamal Kant, Kinney, Greg, Cantrell, Will, Shaw, Raymond A., Mazzoleni, Lynn R., Girotto, Giulia, Sharma, Noopur, Gorkowski, Kyle, Gilardoni, Stefania, Decesari, Stefano, Facchini, Maria Cristina, Zanca, Nicola, Pavese, Giulia, Esposito, Francesco, Dubey, Manvendra K., Aiken, Allison C., Chakrabarty, Rajan K., Moosmüller, Hans, Onasch, Timothy B., Zaveri, Rahul A., Scarnato, Barbara V., Fialho, Paulo, & Mazzoleni, Claudio. Extensive Soot Compaction by Cloud Processing from Laboratory and Field Observations. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48143-y
Bhandari, Janarjan, China, Swarup, Chandrakar, Kamal Kant, Kinney, Greg, Cantrell, Will, Shaw, Raymond A., Mazzoleni, Lynn R., Girotto, Giulia, Sharma, Noopur, Gorkowski, Kyle, Gilardoni, Stefania, Decesari, Stefano, Facchini, Maria Cristina, Zanca, Nicola, Pavese, Giulia, Esposito, Francesco, Dubey, Manvendra K., Aiken, Allison C., Chakrabarty, Rajan K., Moosmüller, Hans, Onasch, Timothy B., Zaveri, Rahul A., Scarnato, Barbara V., Fialho, Paulo, and Mazzoleni, Claudio. Wed . "Extensive Soot Compaction by Cloud Processing from Laboratory and Field Observations". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48143-y.
@article{osti_1619574,
title = {Extensive Soot Compaction by Cloud Processing from Laboratory and Field Observations},
author = {Bhandari, Janarjan and China, Swarup and Chandrakar, Kamal Kant and Kinney, Greg and Cantrell, Will and Shaw, Raymond A. and Mazzoleni, Lynn R. and Girotto, Giulia and Sharma, Noopur and Gorkowski, Kyle and Gilardoni, Stefania and Decesari, Stefano and Facchini, Maria Cristina and Zanca, Nicola and Pavese, Giulia and Esposito, Francesco and Dubey, Manvendra K. and Aiken, Allison C. and Chakrabarty, Rajan K. and Moosmüller, Hans and Onasch, Timothy B. and Zaveri, Rahul A. and Scarnato, Barbara V. and Fialho, Paulo and Mazzoleni, Claudio},
abstractNote = {Soot particles form during combustion of carbonaceous materials and impact climate and air quality. When freshly emitted, they are typically fractal-like aggregates. After atmospheric aging, they can act as cloud condensation nuclei, and water condensation or evaporation restructure them to more compact aggregates, affecting their optical, aerodynamic, and surface properties. Here we survey the morphology of ambient soot particles from various locations and different environmental and aging conditions. We used electron microscopy and show extensive soot compaction after cloud processing. We further performed laboratory experiments to simulate atmospheric cloud processing under controlled conditions. We find that soot particles sampled after evaporating the cloud droplets, are significantly more compact than freshly emitted and interstitial soot, confirming that cloud processing, not just exposure to high humidity, compacts soot. Our findings have implications for how the radiative, surface, and aerodynamic properties, and the fate of soot particles are represented in numerical models.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-019-48143-y},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 9,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Wed Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: Convexity and roundness of soot particles from the San Pietro Capofiume site in the Po Valley, Italy. Distributions of (a) convexity and (b) roundness for soot particles of categories C0 and C1. The colored bands represent 68% confidence intervals (see the method section). The total number fraction ofmore » particles for each distribution is normalized to 100%.« less

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