Growth of New Particles into Cloud Condensation Nuclei at the Summit of Mt. Fuji during Summer

  • Kimura Shun
    Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Division I, Tokyo University of Science
  • Igarashi Hiroki
    Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Division I, Tokyo University of Science
  • Miura Kazuhiko
    Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Division I, Tokyo University of Science Laboratory for Environmental Research at Mount Fuji
  • Mori Tatsuhiro
    Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Division I, Tokyo University of Science Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
  • Iwamoto Yoko
    Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Division I, Tokyo University of Science Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University
  • Kato Shungo
    Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Faculty of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • Okochi Hiroshi
    Department of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University
  • Wada Ryuichi
    Department of Natural and Environmental Science, Faculty of Life Environmental Sciences, and Teikyo University of Science

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  • 夏季の富士山頂における新粒子の雲凝結核への成長
  • カキ ノ フジ サンチョウ ニ オケル シン リュウシ ノ クモ ギョウケッカク エ ノ セイチョウ

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<p>This study discussed the contribution of new particle formation (NPF) events to the number concentrations of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) based on aerosol number size distributions measured at the summit of Mt. Fuji. The observations were made during the summer months of 2014~2019. The size distribution is measured by a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS), and the CCN number concentration is estimated by the number concentration of particles larger than 80 nm (N80). At the summit of Mt. Fuji, the event occurred 113 times and the increase of N80 was recorded 60 times out of 217 days of analysis. The N80 increased by 47 to 234 cm−3 due to NPFs, and the increase rate was 123 to 302%. By comparing the diurnal variation of N80 on days with and without NPF events, it was confirmed that the events increased N80. At the summit of Mt. Fuji, the increase in N80 due to NPF was small compared to some other stations, but the rate of increase was relatively high. Mode diameters grew to 80 nm in 7 of 113 events. The concentration of increase in N80 is 9 to 552 cm−3, the increase rate is 111 to 700%. The growth period from 25 nm to 80 nm was about 2 to 12 hours, and the growth rate was about 5 to 30 nm h−1. The growth characteristics depended on the particle number concentration produced by the NPF, the origin and transport route of air mass, the existing particle number concentration of N80, the precursor gas concentration, and the chemical composition of the aerosol.</p>

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  • Earozoru Kenkyu

    Earozoru Kenkyu 37 (3), 202-211, 2022-09-20

    Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology

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