On the functional form of particle number size distributions: influence of particle source and meteorological variables

Cugerone, Katia; De Michele, Carlo; Ghezzi, Antonio; Gianelle, Vorne; Gilardoni, Stefania

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4831-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4831-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4831-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 7

Research article

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10 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 10 Apr 2018

On the functional form of particle number size distributions: influence of particle source and meteorological variables

Katia Cugerone, Carlo De Michele, Antonio Ghezzi, Vorne Gianelle, and Stefania Gilardoni

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 18 May 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee#3', Katia Cugerone, 26 Oct 2017
RC2: 'Review of Cugerone et al.', Anonymous Referee #4, 02 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee#4', Katia Cugerone, 26 Oct 2017
RC3: 'Review of "On the functional form of particle number size distributions: influence of particle source and meteorological variables" by Cugerone et al.', Anonymous Referee #5, 03 Jun 2017
- AC3: 'Reply to Referee#5', Katia Cugerone, 26 Oct 2017

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AR by Katia Cugerone on behalf of the Authors (18 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Nov 2017) by Lynn M. Russell

RR by Anonymous Referee #6 (30 Dec 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (02 Jan 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #5 (09 Jan 2018)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (10 Jan 2018) by Lynn M. Russell

AR by Katia Cugerone on behalf of the Authors (21 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Feb 2018) by Lynn M. Russell

AR by Katia Cugerone on behalf of the Authors (21 Feb 2018) Manuscript

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The aerosol particle number size distributions (PNSDs) measured in one urban background site (Milan) and in one rural mountainous site (Oga San Colombano) have been studied and compared. Detailed statistical analyses have shown that a common empirical PNSD pattern exists, except for the urban winter data. In order to explain this phenomenon, we analysed the aerosol dynamics by considering the influence of primary aerosol components and the interaction with precipitation and high wind speed.