• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제22권E1호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2006

Aerosol hygroscopic properties were measured by a tandem differential mobility analyzer (TDMA) system during the Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE)-Asia campaign from 31 March to 1 May 2001. Two high flow differential mobility analyzers (DMAs) were used to maximize the count rate on board the Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely Piloted Aircraft (CIRPAS) Twin Otter aircraft. Hygroscopic growth factor distributions of particles having initial dry nanoparticle diameters of 0.040, 0.059, 0.086, 0.126, 0.186, 0.273, 0.400, and $0.586{\mu}m$ were measured during 19 research flights. Data collected during 12 of those flights were used to investigate aerosol mixing state and the influence of aerosol source region on size-resolved hygroscopicity. The uniformity in size-resolved hygroscopicity was quantified to facilitate comparison between measurements made in different air masses. Hygroscopic growth factors are strongly dependent on source region and sizes. Mean hygroscopic growth factors were observed to be greatest when the air mass origin was from the south. The mean growth factors for continental sources decreased with initial size from 1.47 to 1.27 for $0.040{\mu}m\;and\;0.586{\mu}m$, but increased with initial size from 1.44 to 1.8 for $0.040{\mu}m\;and\;0.400{\mu}m$ dry diameters for marine sources.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.129-138
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• 2013

The water uptake by fine aerosol in the atmosphere has been investigated at Gosan, Korea during ABC-EAREX 2005. The concentration of inorganic ion and carbon components, size distribution, and light scattering coefficients in normal and dry conditions were simultaneously measured for $PM_{2.5}$ by using a parallel integrated monitoring system. The result of this study shows that ambient fine particles collected at Gosan were dominated by water-soluble ionic species (35%) and carbonaceous materials (18%). In addition, it shows the large growth of aerosol in the droplet mode when RH is higher than 70%. Size distribution of the particulate surface area in a wider size range ($0.07-17{\mu}m$) shows that the elevation of RH make ambient aerosol grow to be the droplet mode one around $0.6{\mu}m$ or the coarse mode one, larger than $2.5{\mu}m$. Hygroscopic factor data calculated from the ratio of aerosol scattering coefficients at a given ambient RH and a reference RH (25%) show that water uptake began at the intermediate RH range, from 40% to 60%, with the average hygroscopic factor of 1.10 for 40% RH, 1.11 for 50% RH, and 1.17 for 60% RH, respectively. Finally, average chemical composition and the corresponding growth curves were analyzed in order to investigate the relationship between carbonaceous material fraction and hygroscopicity. As a result, the aerosol growth curve shows that inorganic salts such as sulphate and nitrate as well as carbonaceous materials including OC largely contribute to the aerosol water uptake.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.793-798
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• 2007

During May of 2003, smoke from fires in the Yucatan Peninsula was transported across the Gulf of Mexico and into Texas where it caused significant enhancement in measured aerosol concentrations and reduced visibility. During this event, the formation and growth of aerosol particles has been observed by a differential mobility analyzer (DMA) / tandem differential mobility analyzer (TDMA) system to characterize the size distribution and size-resolved hygroscopicity of the aerosol. The most number concentration is by the particles smaller than 100 nm, but the integrated number concentrations for over 100 nm increased due to the aerosol growth. Hygroscopic growth factor increase from 1.2 to 1.4 for 25, 50, and 100 nm particles during the nucleating period. This distribution and the aerosol properties derived from the TDMA data were used to calculate the growth rate. Particle growth rates were in the range 1-12 nm/hr.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.2077-2083
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• 2022

In the unlikely event of core disruptive accident in sodium cooled fast reactors, the reactor containment building would be bottled up with sodium and fission product aerosols. The behavior of these aerosols is crucial to estimate the in-containment source term as a part of nuclear reactor safety analysis. In this work, the evolution of sodium aerosol characteristics (mass concentration and size) is simulated using HAARM-S code. The code is based on the method of moments to solve the integro-differential equation. The code is updated to FORTRAN-77 and run in Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation 4.0 (on Desktop). The sodium aerosol characteristics simulated by HAARM-S code are compared with the measured values at Aerosol Test Facility. The maximum deviation between measured and simulated mass concentrations is 30% at initial period (up to 60 min) and around 50% in the later period. In addition, the influence of humidity on aerosol size growth for two different aerosol mass concentrations is studied. The measured and simulated growth factors of aerosol size (ratio of saturated size to initial size) are found to be matched at reasonable extent. Since sodium is highly reactive with atmospheric constituents, the aerosol growth factor depends on the hygroscopic growth, chemical transformation and density variations besides coagulation. Further, there is a scope for the improvement of the code to estimate the aerosol dynamics in confined environment.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.451-463
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• 2018

본 연구는 서울지역에서 2015년 1월부터 12월까지 정지궤도 천리안 위성(Communication Ocean and Meteorological Satellite, COMS) 해양 탑재체(Geostationary Ocean Color Imager, GOCI)의 에어로졸광학두께(Aerosol Optical Depth, AOD)로부터 지상 초미세먼지(Particulate Matter; $PM_{2.5}$) 농도를 추정하기 위한 계절별 경험/통계모델을 개발했다. 행성경계층고도(Planetary Boundary Layer Height, PBLH) 그리고 에어로졸 수직 비율(Vertical Ratio of Aerosol, VRA)을 사용한 두 가지 수직보정방법과 흡습성장계수(Hygroscopic growth factor, f(RH))로부터의 습도보정방법이 각각의 경험적 모델에 적용된 결과 AOD에 대한 수직 보정과 $PM_{2.5}$에 대한 지표 습도보정이 모델 성능 향상에 중요한 역할을 했다. AOD-$PM_{2.5}$ 사이에 관련이 있다고 알려진 기상인자들(온도, 풍속, 시정)을 추가적으로 사용하여 다중 선형 회귀모델을 구성한 결과 경험모델에 비해 $R^2$값이 최대 0.25 증가했다. 본 연구에선 AOD-$PM_{2.5}$ 모델의 계절별, 월별, 시간별 특성을 분석하고 계절별로 구분하여 모델을 구성한 결과 고농도 사례에서 과소평가 되던 경향이 개선됨을 알 수 있고 관측된 $PM_{2.5}$와 추정된 $PM_{2.5}$의 월 및 시간변동성은 서로 경향성이 일치했다. 따라서 정지궤도 위성 AOD를 이용하여 지상 $PM_{2.5}$ 농도를 추정한 본 연구의 결과는 향후 발사 예정인 GK-2A와 GK-2B에 적용 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

• 대기
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2015

고산기후관측소에서 2008년 8월과 9월의 Cheju ABC Plume Monsoon Experiment (CAPMEX) 기간 동안 3파장 photoacoustic soot spectrometer (PASS)로 측정된 에어로졸 흡수계수(${\sigma}_a$)와 에어로졸 산란계수(${\sigma}_s$)를 기존의 연구에서 널리 사용되고 있는 aethalometer 및 nephelometer의 동시관측 결과와 비교하였다. PASS ${\sigma}_a$의 관측결과는 aethalometer ${\sigma}_a$와 시간 변화 경향성이 매우 잘 일치했으나, 532 nm의 경우 절대값 면에서 PASS ${\sigma}_a$가 약 53% 큰 값을 보여 다소 차이가 있음을 알 수 있었다. PASS ${\sigma}_s$의 관측결과는 nephelometer ${\sigma}_s$와 비교했을 때, 근소한 차이로 매우 잘 일치함을 확인하였다(Bias Difference: $13.6Mm^{-1}$). 대기 중의 상대습도(RH)가 증가함에 따라 ${\sigma}_a$보다는 ${\sigma}_s$에 대한 영향이 큰 것으로 사료된다. Nephelometer ${\sigma}_s$와 PASS ${\sigma}_s$의 비율은 상대습도가 증가할수록 명확히 증가하는 경향성을 보였다. 이는 RH가 증가함에 따라서 PASS의 ${\sigma}_s$가 nephelometer ${\sigma}_s$에 비해서 상대적으로 감소하였음을 의미하며, 이러한 경향성은 RH가 70~80%를 넘어서면서 차이가 더욱 두드러지게 나타났다. Nephelometer와 aethalometer의 ${\sigma}_a$ 및 ${\sigma}_s$ 관측 결과 보다 PASS의 측정 결과로부터 산출한 $A{\AA}E$와 $S{\AA}E$가 더 크게 나타났다.