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Captive Aerosol Growth and Evolution (CAGE) chamber system to investigate particle growth due to secondary aerosol formation
Candice L. Sirmollo
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of
California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and
Technology (CE-CERT), University of
California Riverside, Riverside, California 92507, USA
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of
California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and
Technology (CE-CERT), University of
California Riverside, Riverside, California 92507, USA
Jordan M. McCormick
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas 77843, USA
Cassandra F. Milan
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas 77843, USA
Matthew H. Erickson
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston,
Houston, Texas 77204, USA
James H. Flynn
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston,
Houston, Texas 77204, USA
Rebecca J. Sheesley
Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
76798, USA
Sascha Usenko
Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
76798, USA
Henry W. Wallace
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University,
Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Alexander A. T. Bui
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University,
Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Robert J. Griffin
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University,
Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Matthew Tezak
Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, USA
Sean M. Kinahan
Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, USA
Biodefense and Health Security, University of Nebraska Medical Center,
Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA
Joshua L. Santarpia
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska
Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA
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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.
The newly developed portable 1 m3 CAGE chamber systems were characterized using data acquired...
