18 Mar 2021
18 Mar 2021
A Phase Separation Inlet for Droplets, Ice Residuals, and Interstitial Aerosol Particles
- 1Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- 2Department of Civil Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- 3Ramboll, San Francisco, CA 94111 USA
- 4Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland
- 5Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China
- 6Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
- 7Storm Peak Laboratory, Desert Research Institute, Steamboat Springs, CO 80488
- 8Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- 1Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- 2Department of Civil Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- 3Ramboll, San Francisco, CA 94111 USA
- 4Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland
- 5Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China
- 6Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
- 7Storm Peak Laboratory, Desert Research Institute, Steamboat Springs, CO 80488
- 8Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Abstract. A new inlet for studying the aerosol particles and hydrometeor residuals that compose mixed-phase clouds – the phaSe seParation Inlet for Droplets icE residuals and inteRstitial aerosol particles (SPIDER) – is described here. SPIDER combines a Large-Pumped Counterflow Virtual Impactor (L-PCVI), a flow tube evaporation chamber, and a Pumped Counterflow Virtual Impactor (PCVI) to separate droplets, ice crystals, and interstitial aerosol particles for simultaneous sampling. Laboratory verification tests of each individual component and then the composite SPIDER system were conducted. SPIDER was then deployed at Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL), a mountain-top research facility at 3210 m a.s.l. in the Rocky Mountains. SPIDER performance as a field instrument is presented with data that demonstrates its capability of separating cloud elements and interstitial aerosol particle. Possible design improvements of SPIDER are also suggested.
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