In-situ observations and modeling of small nitric acid-containing ice crystals
In-situ observations and modeling of small nitric acid-containing ice crystals
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含硝酸小冰晶的原位观测和建模
DOI:
10.5194/acp-7-3373-2007
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
V. Mitev
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文献类型:
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作者:
C. Voigt;B. Kärcher;H. Schlager;C. Schiller;M. Krämer;M. D. Reus;H. Vössing;S. Borrmann;V. Mitev
Measurements in nascent ice forming regions are very rare and help understand cirrus cloud formation and the interactions of trace gases with ice crystals. A tenuous cirrus cloud has been probed with in-situ and remote sensing instruments onboard the high altitude research aircraft Geophysica M55 in the tropical upper troposphere. Besides microphysical and optical particle properties, water (H 2 O) and reactive nitrogen species (NO y ) have been measured. In slightly ice supersaturated air between 14.2 and 14.9 km altitude, an unusually low ice water content of 0.031 mg m −3 and small ice crystals with mean radii of 5 µm have been detected. A high nitric acid to water molar ratio (HNO 3 /H 2 O) of 5.4×10 −5 has been observed in the ice crystals, about an order of magnitude higher compared to previous observations in cirrus at temperatures near 202 K. A model describing the trapping of HNO 3 in growing ice particles shows that a high HNO 3 content in ice crystals is expected during early growth stages, mainly originating from uptake in aerosol particles prior to freezing. Water vapor deposition on ice crystals and trapping of additional HNO 3 reduces the molar ratio to values close to the ratio of HNO 3 /H 2 O in the gas phase while the cloud ages.
DOI:
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发表时间:
2006
期刊:
J. Geophys. Res. 111
影响因子:
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作者:
B. Gamblin;M. Koike;他
通讯作者:
他