Measurement report: The influence of particle number size distribution and hygroscopicity on the microphysical properties of cloud droplets at a mountain site

• Published in: Atmospheric chemistry and physics Vol. 25; no. 11; pp. 5711 - 5725
• Main Authors: Shen, Xiaojing, Liu, Quan, Sun, Junying, Kong, Wanlin, Ma, Qianli, Qi, Bing, Han, Lujie, Zhang, Yangmei, Liang, Linlin, Liu, Lei, Liu, Shuo, Hu, Xinyao, Lu, Jiayuan, Yu, Aoyuan, Che, Huizheng, Zhang, Xiaoye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 11.06.2025; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Accumulation; Aerosol effects; Aerosol particles; Aerosol-cloud interactions; Aerosols; Analysis; Atmospheric aerosols; Atmospheric dynamics; Atmospheric physics; Black carbon; Carbon; Chemical composition; Cloud droplets; Cloud microphysics; Clouds; Counterflow; Diameters; Droplets; Fog; Hygroscopicity; Inlets (waterways); Liquid water content; Measurement; Microphysics; Moisture content; Observatories; Particulate matter; Radiation; Size distribution; Statistical analysis; Water; Water content; Water vapor; Water vapour; Yangtze River Delta; United States > US; China

An automatic switched inlet system, incorporating a ground-based counterflow virtual impactor (GCVI) and a PM2.5 impactor, was developed and employed to investigate the particle number size distributions (PNSDs) and chemical composition for cloud-free (CF), cloud interstitial (CI), and cloud residua...