CCN production by new particle formation in the free troposphere

Rose, Clémence; Sellegri, Karine; Moreno, Isabel; Velarde, Fernando; Ramonet, Michel; Weinhold, Kay; Krejci, Radovan; Andrade, Marcos; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Ginot, Patrick; Laj, Paolo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1529-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1529-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1529-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

Research article

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31 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 31 Jan 2017

CCN production by new particle formation in the free troposphere

Clémence Rose, Karine Sellegri, Isabel Moreno, Fernando Velarde, Michel Ramonet, Kay Weinhold, Radovan Krejci, Marcos Andrade, Alfred Wiedensohler, Patrick Ginot, and Paolo Laj

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RC1: 'Referee comment acp-2016-696', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Sep 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to anonymous referee #1', Clémence ROSE, 06 Dec 2016
RC2: 'Review of MS acp-2016-696 by C. Rose et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Nov 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to anonymous referee #2', Clémence ROSE, 06 Dec 2016

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AR by Anna Mirena Feist-Polner on behalf of the Authors (07 Dec 2016) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Dec 2016) by Andreas Petzold

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 Jan 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Jan 2017) by Andreas Petzold

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Using an indirect method based on particle size distribution measurements, we show that new particle formation (NPF) is responsible for a large contribution to the cloud condensation nuclei concentration at the highest observatory in the world (Bolivia, 5240 m a.s.l.) as expected from some global model predictions. We also provide unique results related to the influence of the boundary layer on the NPF process, showing direct evidence for the important NPF frequency in the free troposphere.