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Aerosol size distributions during the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom): methods, uncertainties, and data products
Charles A. Brock
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NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder 80305, USA
Christina Williamson
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
Agnieszka Kupc
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
Karl D. Froyd
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
Frank Erdesz
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
Nicholas Wagner
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
Matthews Richardson
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
Joshua P. Schwarz
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder 80305, USA
Ru-Shan Gao
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder 80305, USA
Joseph M. Katich
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
Pedro Campuzano-Jost
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309,
USA
Benjamin A. Nault
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309,
USA
Jason C. Schroder
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309,
USA
Jose L. Jimenez
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309,
USA
Bernadett Weinzierl
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics,
University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Maximilian Dollner
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics,
University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
ThaoPaul Bui
Atmospheric Science Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
94035, USA
Daniel M. Murphy
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder 80305, USA
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Short summary
From 2016 to 2018 a NASA aircraft profiled the atmosphere from 180 m to ~12 km from the Arctic to the Antarctic over both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. This program, ATom, sought to sample atmospheric chemical composition to compare with global climate models. We describe the how measurements of particulate matter were made during ATom, and show that the instrument performance was excellent. Data from this project can be used with confidence to evaluate models and compare with satellites.
From 2016 to 2018 a NASA aircraft profiled the atmosphere from 180 m to ~12 km from the Arctic...
