Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry  --  Projects

RICO - PRACS

    

Rain In Cumulus clouds over the Ocean
Puerto Rico Aerosol and Cloud Study

A field project on the East Peak at Puerto Rico, with the objective to characterize cloud formation in the tropical trade wind region, using the Aerodyne AMS in combination with a counterflow virtual impactor (CVI) in order to study cloud droplet residual compostion.

Co-operation with:
IfT Leipzig (S. Mertes), UNAM Mexico (D. Baumgardner, G. Raga), Univ. Puerto Rico (O. Mayol), Univ, Manchester (H. Coe, J. Allan), Biogeo Dept. of MPI-C (G. Frank, U. Dusek)

Instruments:
Aerodyne Q-AMS, Grimm OPC 1.108, Grimm SMPS

People involved:
S. Borrmann, J. Schneider, S. Walter

Results:

Allan, J. D, D. Baumgardner, G. B. Raga, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, F. Morales-García, F. García-García, G. Montero-Martínez, S. Borrmann, J. Schneider, S. Mertes, S. Walter, M. Gysel, U. Dusek, G. P. Frank, and M. Krämer, Clouds and Aerosols in Puerto Rico – a new Evaluation,  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 1293-1309, 2008.

Gioda, A., Mayol-Bracero, O. L., Morales-García, F., Collett, J., Decesari, S., Emblico, L., Facchini, M. C., Morales-De Jesús, R. J., Mertes, S., Borrmann, S., Walter, S., Schneider, J.: Chemical composition of cloud water in the Puerto Rican tropical trade winds, Water Air Soil Pollut, DOI 10.1007/s11270-008-9888-4, 2008.

S. Mertes, S. Walter, J. Schneider, S. Borrmann, G. Montero, M. Krämer, A. Gioda, O. Mayol-Bracero, G. Frank, D. Baumgardner, Activation of aerosol particles observed inside Clouds at a Mountain Site on Puerto Rico during the Puerto Rico Aerosol-Cloud-Study (RICO-PRACS), 15th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP), Cancun, Mexico, July 7-11, 2008. (Ext.Abstr.)

Raga et al., Aerosol particle characterization and removal by clouds and precipitation in Puerto Rico: Preliminary results from the Puerto Rico aerosol and cloud study, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24 - 29 April 2005.