Aerosol Mixing State: Measurements, Modeling, and Impacts

Abstract Atmospheric aerosols are complex mixtures of different chemical species, and individual particles exist in many different shapes and morphologies. Together, these characteristics contribute to the aerosol mixing state. This review provides an overview of measurement techniques to probe aerosol mixing state, discusses how aerosol mixing state is represented in atmospheric models at different scales, and synthesizes our knowledge of aerosol mixing state's impact on climate‐relevant properties, such as cloud condensation and ice nucleating particle concentrations, and aerosol optical properties. We present these findings within a framework that defines aerosol mixing state along with appropriate mixing…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Awards: AGS-1703019, AGS-1254428, CMMI-1150490, CHE-1654149
• UD
  U.S. Department of Energy

  Award: DE-SC0019192