Collocated observations of cloud condensation nuclei, particle size distributions, and chemical composition
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Schmale, Julia
Henning, Silvia
Henzing, Bas
Keskinen, Helmi
Sellegri, Karine
Ovadnevaite, Jurgita
Bougiatioti, Aikaterini
Kalivitis, Nikos
Stavroulas, Iasonas
Jefferson, Anne
Park, Minsu
Schlag, Patrick
Kristensson, Adam
Iwamoto, Yoko
Pringle, Kirsty
Reddington, Carly
Aalto, Pasi
Äijälä, Mikko
Baltensperger, Urs
Bialek, Jakub
Birmili, Wolfram
Bukowiecki, Nicolas
Ehn, Mikael
Fjæraa, Ann Mari
Fiebig, Markus
Frank, Göran
Fröhlich, Roman
Frumau, Arnoud
Furuya, Masaki
Hammer, Emanuel
Heikkinen, Liine
Herrmann, Erik
Holzinger, Rupert
Hyono, Hiroyuki
Kanakidou, Maria
Kiendler-Scharr, Astrid
Kinouchi, Kento
Kos, Gerard
Kulmala, Markku
Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos
Motos, Ghislain
Nenes, Athanasios
O’Dowd, Colin
Paramonov, Mikhail
Petäjä, Tuukka
Picard, David
Poulain, Laurent
Prévôt, André Stephan Henry
Slowik, Jay
Sonntag, Andre
Swietlicki, Erik
Svenningsson, Birgitta
Tsurumaru, Hiroshi
Wiedensohler, Alfred
Wittbom, Cerina
Ogren, John A.
Matsuki, Atsushi
Yum, Seong Soo
Myhre, Cathrine Lund
Carslaw, Ken
Stratmann, Frank
Gysel, Martin
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Schmale, Julia; Henning, Silvia; Henzing, Bas; Keskinen, Helmi; Sellegri, Karine; Ovadnevaite, Jurgita; Bougiatioti, Aikaterini; Kalivitis, Nikos; Stavroulas, Iasonas; Jefferson, Anne; Park, Minsu; Schlag, Patrick; Kristensson, Adam; Iwamoto, Yoko; Pringle, Kirsty; Reddington, Carly; Aalto, Pasi; Äijälä, Mikko; Baltensperger, Urs; Bialek, Jakub; Birmili, Wolfram; Bukowiecki, Nicolas; Ehn, Mikael; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Fiebig, Markus; Frank, Göran; Fröhlich, Roman; Frumau, Arnoud; Furuya, Masaki; Hammer, Emanuel; Heikkinen, Liine; Herrmann, Erik; Holzinger, Rupert; Hyono, Hiroyuki; Kanakidou, Maria; Kiendler-Scharr, Astrid; Kinouchi, Kento; Kos, Gerard; Kulmala, Markku; Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos; Motos, Ghislain; Nenes, Athanasios; O’Dowd, Colin; Paramonov, Mikhail; Petäjä, Tuukka; Picard, David; Poulain, Laurent; Prévôt, André Stephan Henry; Slowik, Jay; Sonntag, Andre; Swietlicki, Erik; Svenningsson, Birgitta; Tsurumaru, Hiroshi; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Wittbom, Cerina; Ogren, John A. Matsuki, Atsushi; Yum, Seong Soo; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Carslaw, Ken; Stratmann, Frank; Gysel, Martin (2017). Collocated observations of cloud condensation nuclei, particle size distributions, and chemical composition. Scientific Data 4 ,
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Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) number concentrations alongside with submicrometer particle number size distributions and particle chemical composition have been measured at atmospheric observatories of the Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research InfraStructure (ACTRIS) as well as other international sites over multiple years. Here, harmonized data records from 11 observatories are summarized, spanning 98,677 instrument hours for CCN data, 157,880 for particle number size distributions, and 70,817 for chemical composition data. The observatories represent nine different environments, e.g., Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean maritime, boreal forest, or high alpine atmospheric conditions. This is a unique collection of aerosol particle properties most relevant for studying aerosol-cloud interactions which constitute the largest uncertainty in anthropogenic radiative forcing of the climate. The dataset is appropriate for comprehensive aerosol characterization (e.g., closure studies of CCN), model-measurement intercomparison and satellite retrieval method evaluation, among others. Data have been acquired and processed following international recommendations for quality assurance and have undergone multiple stages of quality assessment.