Airborne Measurements of Atmospheric Aerosol
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerosols".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2021) | Viewed by 7138
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aerosol, cloud microphysics, instrumentation R&D, airborne measurements
Interests: aerosols, microscopy, spectroscopy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite the influence that atmospheric aerosols have on air quality, cloud formation, precipitation, radiative transfer, atmospheric electrification, and climate, aerosols remain the least understood component of the atmosphere, contributing to the highest uncertainty in atmospheric processes. This uncertainty can be attributed to the broad diversity of anthropogenic and natural sources, primary and secondary formation mechanisms, challenges in measurements of airborne nanoparticles, complexity of aerosol morphology and composition, and the limited number of measurements made both spatially and temporally across the globe. Other challenges specific to airborne aerosol measurements include the platform payload capacity, sampling strategies, cost, and interpretation of results.
This Special Issue seeks papers dedicated to airborne aerosol measurements, including but not limited to platforms such as weather balloons, drones, UAVs, aircraft, zeppelins and dropsondes, and the corresponding development of new airborne sensors capable of identifying various aerosol properties such as quantity, dimensions, shape, physicochemical properties, and electric charge. Special consideration will be given to papers that present novel miniature, lightweight, and low-cost airborne sensors, describe unique airborne observations from high latitudes, highly polluted regions, and other extreme environments, or detail novel offline analysis of data collected in flight.
Dr. Leonid Nichman
Dr. Caroline Dang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- airborne measurements
- aerosol
- aerosol–cloud interactions
- extreme weather
- sensors
