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Upper-Tropospheric Aerosol Sampled During Project Fire Ifo Ii, Donald E. Hagen, Josef Podzimek, Max B. Trueblood
Upper-Tropospheric Aerosol Sampled During Project Fire Ifo Ii, Donald E. Hagen, Josef Podzimek, Max B. Trueblood
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Aerosols can play a role in the cloud formation process through the heterogeneous nucleation mechanism, and in turn, once formed, cirrus clouds can impact the ambient aerosol through scavenging and other collection mechanisms. University of Missouri aerosol sampling facilities were employed on aircraft for in situ collection and characterization of the particulates near cirrus cloud level. Tandem differential mobility analyzer and impactor techniques were used to measure aerosol size distribution, hydration capability, and particle composition information. Evidence of aerosol layering was observed near the tropospause, and there was a tendency toward depletion of the ambient aerosol at both ends of …