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CHEN E4600 Atmospheric Aerosols Final Exam Spring 2017
Open book, notes, literature. NO COLLABORATION. Due 5 PM Thursday, May 11.
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Section 1.
Circle one answer. If you choose “It depends,” provide an explanation in the space below the question.
1. All aerosols have a cooling effect on climate.
True False It Depends
2. Deliquescence RH Efflorescence RH.
True False It Depends
3. Aerosol radiative forcing can be estimated using present‐day observations alone.
True False It Depends
4. The most important aerosol component for ocean fertilization is copper.
True False It Depends
5. The uptake of water by an aerosol particle is determined by a balance between the Kelvin effect and the Bernoulli effect.
True False It Depends
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6. Water‐soluble particles cannot act as ice nuclei.
True False It Depends
7. Brown carbon is more strongly absorbing in the UV than black carbon.
True False It Depends
8. Surface‐active organics may decrease the critical supersaturation of an aerosol of a given dry diameter.
True False It Depends
9. Inorganic species may be present in aerosol at concentrations higher than the bulk solubility limit.
True False It Depends
10. Cloud ice particles tend to be about the same size as cloud droplets.
True False It Depends
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Section 2.
Aerosol Thermodynamics
Use E‐AIM (http://www.aim.env.uea.ac.uk/aim/aim.php) to analyze the thermodynamics of a
(NH4)2SO4 particle.
i. Calculate the aerosol composition and activity coefficients at 85% RH. Use the
output of the calculation to derive equilibrium coefficients for the following
reactions:
NH4+ + H2O NH3 + H3O+ SO4‐2 + H3O+ HSO4‐ + H2O
ii. What is the aerosol pH? What is the calculated [NH4+]/[SO4‐2] ratio? Explain why
[NH4+]/[SO4‐2] is frequently used as an indication of aerosol pH in field
measurements.
iii. By inspecting the model output you should be able to tell whether the Debye‐Huckel
limiting law (ln 1.177| | / ) was used by the model to calculate the ionic activity coefficients. Was it?
iv. Repeat the model calculation at 65% RH. Referring to Figure 10.4 in Seinfeld and
Pandis, comment on the phase behavior assumed by E‐AIM.