Aerosol measurements during the central Chilean orographic precipitation experiment
Abstract
The Central Chilean Orographic Precipitation Experiment (CCOPE) was a three-month field campaign (June, July and August 2015) that investigated winter rain events. Reported here are analyses of aerosol measurements made at a coastal site (Arauco, Chile) during CCOPE. Data was obtained using a condensation particle counter (CPC) and an aerosol spectrometer (UHSAS). Arauco CPC concentrations are compared to those measured at the NOAA station at coastal Trinidad Head, California (THD). The marine-sector averaged CPC concentration at Arauco is 3457 cm-3 +/- 2284 cm-3; at THD the average is 1171 cm-3 +/- 772 cm-3. Surprisingly, the Arauco concentrations are larger (p < 0.01). In addition, UHSAS measurements were analyzed to determine processes that shaped the ASD at Arauco. Variables analyzed included the fraction of particles smaller than 0.055 mum and moments of the UHSAS-derived aerosol size distributions. There is evidence for both primary particle sources and for new particle formation adding to the aerosol burden in oceanic air as it approaches the coast and advects onshore.
- Publication:
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Masters Thesis
- Pub Date:
- 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016MsT..........3F
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric sciences;Meteorology;Climate change