Articles | Volume 2, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/ar-2-49-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/ar-2-49-2024
Opinion
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27 Mar 2024
Opinion |  | 27 Mar 2024

Opinion: A paradigm shift in investigating the general characteristics of atmospheric new particle formation using field observations

Markku Kulmala, Diego Aliaga, Santeri Tuovinen, Runlong Cai, Heikki Junninen, Chao Yan, Federico Bianchi, Yafang Cheng, Aijun Ding, Douglas R. Worsnop, Tuukka Petäjä, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Pauli Paasonen, and Veli-Matti Kerminen

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Atmospheric new particle formation (NPF), together with secondary production of particulate matter in the atmosphere, dominates aerosol particle number concentrations and submicron particle mass loads in many environments globally. In this opinion paper, we describe the paradigm shift to understand NPF in a continuous way instead of using traditional binary event–non-event analysis.
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