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cpc: Condensation Particle Counter

The condensation particle counter (CPC) measures sub-micron aerosol particle number concentration by condensing fluid onto particles and causing them to grow to sizes that are easily detectable by optical scattering. The condensing liquid is typically an alcohol (e.g., butanol) or water.

Depending on the CPC type, typical CPC instruments can count particles with sizes that range from 3 to 3000 nanometers (ultrafine CPC) or from 10 to 3000 nanometers (fine CPC). The CPC is part of the aerosol observing system (AOS).

Measurements

Aerosol concentration

Locations

  • Fixed
  • AMF1
  • AMF2
  • AMF3

Active Instrument Locations

Facility Name Instrument Start Date
Oliktok Point, Alaska; AMF3 2016-08-06
Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal 2013-10-04
Andenes, Norway; AMF1 (main site for COMBLE) 2019-09-16
U. of Helsinki Research Station (SMEAR II), Hyytiala, Finland; AOS 2014-02-01
External Data (satellites and others) 2011-09-01
Lamont, OK (Extended and Co-located with C1) 2016-11-14
Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal; Supplemental Site 2017-07-20
Off the Coast of California - NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown; AMF2 2015-01-09
Los Angeles, CA to Honolulu, HI - container ship Horizon Spirit; AMF2 2012-10-01

2019

Shilling J, M Zawadowicz, J Liu, R Zaveri, and A Zelenyuk. 2019. "Photochemical Aging Alters Secondary Organic Aerosol Partitioning Behavior." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3(22), 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00248.

Varble A, S Nesbitt, P Salio, E Avila, P Borque, P DeMott, G McFarquhar, S van den Heever, E Zipser, D Gochis, R Houze, M Jensen, P Kollias, S Kreidenweis, R Leung, K Rasmussen, D Romps, and C Williams. 2019. Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) Field Campaign Report. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-19-028.

Han Y, Z Gong, J Ye, P Liu, K McKinney, and S Martin. 2019. "Quantifying the Role of the Relative Humidity-Dependent Physical State of Organic Particulate Matter in the Uptake of Semivolatile Organic Molecules." Environmental Science & Technology, 53(22), 10.1021/acs.est.9b05354.

Marinescu P, E Levin, D Collins, S Kreidenweis, and S van den Heever. 2019. "Quantifying aerosol size distributions and their temporal variability in the Southern Great Plains, USA." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19(18), 10.5194/acp-19-11985-2019.

Fast J, L Berg, Z Feng, F Mei, R Newsom, K Sakaguchi, and H Xiao. 2019. "The Impact of Variable Land‐Atmosphere Coupling on Convective Cloud Populations Observed During the 2016 HI‐SCALE Field Campaign." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11(8), 10.1029/2019MS001727.

Kulkarni G and D Gu. 2019. "Ice nucleation ability of loess from the northwestern United States." PLOS ONE, 14(8), 10.1371/journal.pone.0220991.

Liu J and Z Li. 2019. "Aerosol properties and their influences on low warm clouds during the Two-Column Aerosol Project." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19(14), 10.5194/acp-19-9515-2019.

Jensen M, E Bruning, D Collins, A Fridlind, P Kollias, C Kuang, D Rosenfeld, A Ryzhkov, A Varble, SD Brooks, S Collis, E Defer, J Fan, J Flynn, S Giangrande, R Griffin, J Hu, R Jackson, M Kumjian, T Logan, T Matsui, G McFarquhar, C Nowotarski, J Quaas, M Oue, R Sheesley, J Snyder, P Stier, S Usenko, S van den Heever, M van Lier Walqui, Y Wang, Y Xu, and G Zhang. 2019. Tracking Aerosol Convection Interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER) Science Plan. Ed. by Robert Stafford, DOE/SC-ARM-19-017.

Wang J, R Wood, M Jensen, E Azevedo, C Bretherton, D Chand, C Chiu, X Dong, J Fast, A Gettelman, S Ghan, S Giangrande, M Gilles, A Jefferson, P Kollias, C Kuang, A Laskin, E Lewis, X Liu, Y Liu, E Luke, A McComiskey, F Mei, M Miller, A Sedlacek, and R Shaw. 2019. Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA) Field Campaign Report. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-19-012.

McFarquhar G, R Marchand, C Bretherton, S Alexander, A Protat, S Siems, R Wood, and P DeMott. 2019. Measurements of Aerosols, Radiation, and Clouds over the Southern Ocean (MARCUS) Field Campaign Report. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-19-008.

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