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Growth rates of fine aerosol particles at a site near Beijing in June 2013

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Growth of fine aerosol particles is investigated during the Aerosol–CCN–Cloud Closure Experiment campaign in June 2013 at an urban site near Beijing. Analyses show a high frequency (∼ 50%) of fine aerosol particle growth events, and show that the growth rates range from 2.1 to 6.5 nm h−1 with a mean value of ∼ 5.1 nm h−1. A review of previous studies indicates that at least four mechanisms can affect the growth of fine aerosol particles: vapor condensation, intramodal coagulation, extramodal coagulation, and multi-phase chemical reaction. At the initial stage of fine aerosol particle growth, condensational growth usually plays a major role and coagulation efficiency generally increases with particle sizes. An overview of previous studies shows higher growth rates over megacity, urban and boreal forest regions than over rural and oceanic regions. This is most likely due to the higher condensational vapor, which can cause strong condensational growth of fine aerosol particles. Associated with these multiple factors of influence, there are large uncertainties for the aerosol particle growth rates, even at the same location.

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利用北京附近香河站点 2013 年 6 月开展的大型综合观测实验(气溶胶-云凝结核-云闭合实验)数据, 本文研究了气溶胶细颗粒物的增长速率. 分析发现该地区细颗粒增长事件出现频率可以高达 50%以上, 增长速率介于 2.1 至 6.5 nm/h, 平均增长速率大约 5.1 nm/h. 综合前人研究, 我们发现至少有 4 种机制可以影响细颗粒物的增长: 气态前体物浓度, 模内凝固, 模外凝固和多相化学反应. 在细粒子增长的初始阶段, 凝结增长起着主导作用; 随着粒子的增长, 凝固效率会增强. 对多个不同区域细粒子增长进行总结发现, 细粒子增长速率在大城市, 城区和森林区域要高于乡村和海洋区域. 很大一个原因是大城市, 城区和森林区域的气态前体物浓度高, 使得该地区细颗粒具有很强的凝结增长. 但同时由于影响细颗粒增长的因子较多, 细颗粒凝结增长速率具有较大的不确定性, 变化幅度较大, 即使是在相同地区.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2017YFC1501403), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41575143), the China “1000 Plan” Young Scholar Program, the State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. The data used in this study are from the AC3E campaign, which was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China.

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    Chuanfeng Zhao, Yanan Li & Fang Zhang

  2. Joint Center for Global Change Studies, Beijing, 100875, China

    Chuanfeng Zhao

  3. Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100875, China

    Yele Sun & Pucai Wang

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Zhao, C., Li, Y., Zhang, F. et al. Growth rates of fine aerosol particles at a site near Beijing in June 2013. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 35, 209–217 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-017-7069-3

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