In this work, the Ion-DMPS is presented and the analyzed data from over one year of measurements in Hyytiälä, Finland (April 13, 2005–September 21, 2006), is discussed. The Ion-DMPS allows calculation of the charging state of particles taking part in a nucleation event. A physically sound equation that describes that charging state of particles during a nucleation event is presented and fitted to the Ion-DMPS data. The behavior predicted by the equation of the charging state fitted very well to the experimental data obtained from the Ion-DMPS. According to this analysis, an overwhelming majority of the new particle formation events appeared to include at least some participation of ion-induced nucleation. The analysis of a year of data showed that the contribution of ion-induced nucleation varied between 0% and slightly less than 40%. The median ion-induced participation for the new particle formation events analyzed was between 5% and 10%.
Keywords Ion-induced nucleation, atmospheric aerosols, field measurements, Ion-DMPS
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Kerminen, VM., Aalto, P., Kulmala, M., Gagne, S., Laakso, L., Petäjä, T. (2007). Measurement of the Charging State with an Ion-DMPS to Estimate the Contribution of Ion-induced Nucleation. In: O'Dowd, C.D., Wagner, P.E. (eds) Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6475-3_81
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