TY - JOUR
T1 - Collocated observations of cloud condensation nuclei, particle size distributions, and chemical composition
AU - Schmale, Julia
AU - Henning, Silvia
AU - Henzing, Bas
AU - Keskinen, Helmi
AU - Sellegri, Karine
AU - Ovadnevaite, Jurgita
AU - Bougiatioti, Aikaterini
AU - Kalivitis, Nikos
AU - Stavroulas, Iasonas
AU - Jefferson, Anne
AU - Park, Minsu
AU - Schlag, Patrick
AU - Kristensson, Adam
AU - Iwamoto, Yoko
AU - Pringle, Kirsty
AU - Reddington, Carly
AU - Aalto, Pasi
AU - Äijälä, Mikko
AU - Baltensperger, Urs
AU - Bialek, Jakub
AU - Birmili, Wolfram
AU - Bukowiecki, Nicolas
AU - Ehn, Mikael
AU - Fjæraa, Ann Mari
AU - Fiebig, Markus
AU - Frank, Göran
AU - Fröhlich, Roman
AU - Frumau, Arnoud
AU - Furuya, Masaki
AU - Hammer, Emanuel
AU - Heikkinen, Liine
AU - Herrmann, Erik
AU - Holzinger, Rupert
AU - Hyono, Hiroyuki
AU - Kanakidou, Maria
AU - Kiendler-Scharr, Astrid
AU - Kinouchi, Kento
AU - Kos, Gerard
AU - Kulmala, Markku
AU - Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos
AU - Motos, Ghislain
AU - Nenes, Athanasios
AU - O'Dowd, Colin
AU - Paramonov, Mikhail
AU - Petäjä, Tuukka
AU - Picard, David
AU - Poulain, Laurent
AU - Swietlicki, Erik
AU - Svenningsson, Birgitta
AU - Wittbom, Cerina
PY - 2017/3/14
Y1 - 2017/3/14
N2 - Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) number concentrations alongside with submicrometer particle number size distributions and particle chemical composition have been measured at atmospheric observatories of the Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research InfraStructure (ACTRIS) as well as other international sites over multiple years. Here, harmonized data records from 11 observatories are summarized, spanning 98,677 instrument hours for CCN data, 157,880 for particle number size distributions, and 70,817 for chemical composition data. The observatories represent nine different environments, e.g., Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean maritime, boreal forest, or high alpine atmospheric conditions. This is a unique collection of aerosol particle properties most relevant for studying aerosol-cloud interactions which constitute the largest uncertainty in anthropogenic radiative forcing of the climate. The dataset is appropriate for comprehensive aerosol characterization (e.g., closure studies of CCN), model-measurement intercomparison and satellite retrieval method evaluation, among others. Data have been acquired and processed following international recommendations for quality assurance and have undergone multiple stages of quality assessment.
AB - Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) number concentrations alongside with submicrometer particle number size distributions and particle chemical composition have been measured at atmospheric observatories of the Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research InfraStructure (ACTRIS) as well as other international sites over multiple years. Here, harmonized data records from 11 observatories are summarized, spanning 98,677 instrument hours for CCN data, 157,880 for particle number size distributions, and 70,817 for chemical composition data. The observatories represent nine different environments, e.g., Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean maritime, boreal forest, or high alpine atmospheric conditions. This is a unique collection of aerosol particle properties most relevant for studying aerosol-cloud interactions which constitute the largest uncertainty in anthropogenic radiative forcing of the climate. The dataset is appropriate for comprehensive aerosol characterization (e.g., closure studies of CCN), model-measurement intercomparison and satellite retrieval method evaluation, among others. Data have been acquired and processed following international recommendations for quality assurance and have undergone multiple stages of quality assessment.
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.94
U2 - 10.1038/sdata.2017.3
DO - 10.1038/sdata.2017.3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85015313113
SN - 2052-4463
VL - 4
JO - Scientific Data
JF - Scientific Data
M1 - 170003
ER -
