Metrics to quantify the importance of mixing state for CCN activity

Ching, Joseph; Fast, Jerome; West, Matthew; Riemer, Nicole

doi:10.5194/acp-17-7445-2017

Title: Metrics to quantify the importance of mixing state for CCN activity

Journal Article · Wed Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7445-2017· OSTI ID:1367378

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Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana (United States). Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana (United States). Department of Atmospheric Sciences

It is commonly assumed that models are more prone to errors in predicted cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations when the aerosol populations are externally mixed. In this work we investigate this assumption by using the mixing state index (χ) proposed by Riemer and West (2013) to quantify the degree of external and internal mixing of aerosol populations. We combine this metric with particle-resolved model simulations to quantify error in CCN predictions when mixing state information is neglected, exploring a range of scenarios that cover different conditions of aerosol aging. We show that mixing state information does indeed become unimportant for more internally mixed populations, more precisely for populations with χ larger than 75 %. For more externally mixed populations (χ below 20 %) the relationship of χ and the error in CCN predictions is not unique and ranges from lower than -40 % to about 150 %, depending on the underlying aerosol population and the environmental supersaturation. We explain the reasons for this behavior with detailed process analyses.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; SC0011771

OSTI ID:: 1367378

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-122612; KP1701000

Journal Information:: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online), Vol. 17, Issue 12; ISSN 1680-7324

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