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@ARTICLE{Weigel:894410,
author = {Weigel, Ralf and Mahnke, Christoph and Baumgartner, Manuel
and Dragoneas, Antonis and Vogel, Bärbel and Ploeger, Felix
and Viciani, Silvia and D'Amato, Francesco and Bucci, Silvia
and Legras, Bernard and Luo, Beiping and Borrmann, Stephan},
title = {{I}n situ observation of new particle formation ({NPF}) in
the tropical tropopause layer of the 2017 {A}sian monsoon
anticyclone – {P}art 1: {S}ummary of {S}trato{C}lim
results},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {21},
number = {15},
issn = {1680-7324},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-03210},
pages = {11689 - 11722},
year = {2021},
abstract = {During the monsoon season of the year 2017 the airborne
StratoClim mission took place in Kathmandu, Nepal, with
eight mission flights of the M-55 Geophysica in the upper
troposphere–lower stratosphere (UTLS) of the Asian monsoon
anticyclone (AMA) over northern India, Nepal, and
Bangladesh. More than 100 events of new particle formation
(NPF) were observed. In total, more than 2 h of flight
time was spent under NPF conditions as indicated by the
abundant presence of nucleation-mode aerosols, i.e. with
particle diameters dp smaller than 15 nm, which were
detected in situ by means of condensation nuclei counting
techniques. Mixing ratios of nucleation-mode particles (nnm)
of up to ∼ 50 000 mg−1 were measured at heights of
15–16 km (θ ≈ 370 K). NPF was most frequently
observed at ∼ 12–16 km altitude
(θ ≈ 355–380 K) and mainly below the tropopause.
Resulting nnm remained elevated (∼ 300–2000 mg−1)
up to altitudes of ∼ 17.5 km (θ ≈ 400 K),
while under NPF conditions the fraction (f) of
sub-micrometre-sized non-volatile residues
(dp > 10 nm) remained below $50 \%.$ At
∼ 12–14 km (θ ≈ 355–365 K) the minimum of
f $(< 15 \%)$ was found, and underneath, the median f
generally remains below $25 \%.$ The persistence of
particles at nucleation-mode sizes is limited to a few
hours, mainly due to coagulation, as demonstrated by a
numerical simulation. The frequency of NPF events observed
during StratoClim 2017 underlines the importance of the AMA
as a source region for UTLS aerosols and for the formation
and maintenance of the Asian tropopause aerosol layer
(ATAL). The observed abundance of NPF-produced
nucleation-mode particles within the AMA is not
unambiguously attributable to (a) specific source regions in
the boundary layer (according to backward trajectory
analyses), or (b) the direct supply with precursor material
by convective updraught (from correlations of NPF with
carbon monoxide), or (c) the recent release of NPF-capable
material from the convective outflow (according to air mass
transport times in the tropical tropopause layer, TTL).
Temperature anomalies with ΔT of 2 K (peak-to-peak
amplitude), as observed at a horizontal wavelength of
∼ 70–100 km during a level flight of several hours,
match with NPF detections and represent an additional
mechanism for local increases in supersaturation of the NPF
precursors. Effective precursor supply and widely
distributed temperature anomalies within the AMA can explain
the higher frequency of intense NPF observed during
StratoClim 2017 than all previous NPF detections with COPAS
(COndensation PArticle counting System) at TTL levels over
Brazil, northern Australia, or West Africa.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {2112 - Climate Feedbacks (POF4-211) / 2111 - Air Quality
(POF4-211)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2112 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2111},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000683773600002},
doi = {10.5194/acp-21-11689-2021},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/894410},
}