Captive Aerosol Growth and Evolution (CAGE) chamber system to investigate particle growth due to secondary aerosol formation

Sirmollo, Candice L.; Collins, Don R.; McCormick, Jordan M.; Milan, Cassandra F.; Erickson, Matthew H.; Flynn, James H.; Sheesley, Rebecca J.; Usenko, Sascha; Wallace, Henry W.; Bui, Alexander A. T.; Griffin, Robert J.; Tezak, Matthew; Kinahan, Sean M.; Santarpia, Joshua L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3351-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3351-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3351-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

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06 May 2021

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Captive Aerosol Growth and Evolution (CAGE) chamber system to investigate particle growth due to secondary aerosol formation

Candice L. Sirmollo, Don R. Collins, Jordan M. McCormick, Cassandra F. Milan, Matthew H. Erickson, James H. Flynn, Rebecca J. Sheesley, Sascha Usenko, Henry W. Wallace, Alexander A. T. Bui, Robert J. Griffin, Matthew Tezak, Sean M. Kinahan, and Joshua L. Santarpia

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RC1: 'Chamber System for Ambient Aerosol Growth Studies', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Dec 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Candice Sirmollo, 16 Mar 2021
RC2: 'review 2', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Candice Sirmollo, 16 Mar 2021
RC3: 'Referee Comment for the Captive Aerosol Growth and Evolution (CAGE) chamber system', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Dec 2020
- AC3: 'Reply on RC3', Candice Sirmollo, 16 Mar 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Candice Sirmollo on behalf of the Authors (19 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Mar 2021) by Mingjin Tang

Short summary

The newly developed portable 1 m³ CAGE chamber systems were characterized using data acquired during a 2-month field study in 2016 in a forested area north of Houston, TX, USA. Concentrations of several oxidant and organic compounds measured in the chamber were found to closely agree with those calculated with a zero-dimensional model. By tracking the modes of injected monodisperse particles, a pattern change was observed for hourly averaged growth rates between late summer and early fall.