Abstract

Atmospheric new particle formation (NPF) is a naturally occurring phenomenon, during which high concentrations of sub-10 nm particles are created through gas to particle conversion. The NPF is observed in multiple environments around the world. Although it has observable influence onto annual total and ultrafine particle number concentrations (PNC and UFP, respectively), only limited epidemiological studies have investigated whether these particles are associated with adverse health effects. One plausible reason for this limitation may be related to the absence of NPF identifiers available in UFP and PNC data sets. Until recently, the regional NPF events were usually identified manually from particle number size distribution contour plots. Identification of NPF across multi-annual and multiple station data sets remained a tedious task. In this work, we introduce a regional NPF identifier, created using an automated, machine learning based algorithm. The regional NPF event tag was created for 65 measurement sites globally, covering the period from 1996 to 2023. The discussed data set can be used in future studies related to regional NPF.

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Title
Atmospheric new particle formation identifier using longitudinal global particle number size distribution data
Author
Kecorius, Simonas 1 ; Madueño, Leizel 2 ; Lovric, Mario 3 ; Racic, Nikolina 4 ; Schwarz, Maximilian 5 ; Cyrys, Josef 5 ; Casquero-Vera, Juan Andrés 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Alados-Arboledas, Lucas 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Conil, Sébastien 7 ; Sciare, Jean 8 ; Ondracek, Jakub 9 ; Hallar, Anna Gannet 10 ; Gómez-Moreno, Francisco J. 11   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ellul, Raymond 12 ; Kristensson, Adam 13 ; Sorribas, Mar 14 ; Kalivitis, Nikolaos 15 ; Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos 16 ; Peters, Annette 17   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Gini, Maria 18   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos 18   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Vratolis, Stergios 18 ; Jeongeun, Kim 19 ; Birmili, Wolfram 20 ; Bergmans, Benjamin 21 ; Nikolova, Nina 22 ; Dinoi, Adelaide 23 ; Contini, Daniele 23 ; Marinoni, Angela 24 ; Alastuey, Andres 25   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Petäjä, Tuukka 26   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rodriguez, Sergio 27 ; Picard, David 28   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Brem, Benjamin 29 ; Priestman, Max 30 ; Green, David C. 31 ; Beddows, David C. S. 32 ; Harrison, Roy M. 33   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; O’Dowd, Colin 34 ; Ceburnis, Darius 34   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Hyvärinen, Antti 35 ; Henzing, Bas 36   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Crumeyrolle, Suzanne 37 ; Putaud, Jean-Philippe 38 ; Laj, Paolo 39 ; Weinhold, Kay 2 ; Plauškaitė, Kristina 40 ; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė 40 

1  Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany (GRID:grid.4567.0) (ISNI:0000 0004 0483 2525); University of Augsburg, Environmental Science Center, Augsburg, Germany (GRID:grid.7307.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2108 9006) 
2  Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leipzig, Germany (GRID:grid.424885.7) (ISNI:0000 0000 8720 1454) 
3  The Lisbon Council, Brussels, Belgium (GRID:grid.424885.7) 
4  Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia (GRID:grid.414681.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 0452 3941) 
5  Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany (GRID:grid.4567.0) (ISNI:0000 0004 0483 2525) 
6  University of Granada, Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada, Spain (GRID:grid.4489.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2167 8994) 
7  Observatoire Pérenne de l’Environnement, ANDRA – DISTEC-EES, Bure, France (GRID:grid.4489.1) 
8  The Cyprus Institute, Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C), Nicosia, Cyprus (GRID:grid.426429.f) (ISNI:0000 0004 0580 3152) 
9  CAS, Department of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Prague, Czech Republic (GRID:grid.424931.9) (ISNI:0000 0004 0560 1470) 
10  University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, USA (GRID:grid.223827.e) (ISNI:0000 0001 2193 0096) 
11  CIEMAT, Department of Environment, Madrid, Spain (GRID:grid.420019.e) (ISNI:0000 0001 1959 5823) 
12  University of Malta, Department of Physics, Msida, Malta (GRID:grid.4462.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 2176 9482) 
13  Lund University, Division of Physics, Division of Combustion Physics, Lund, Sweden (GRID:grid.4514.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0930 2361) 
14  INTA, El Arenosillo - Atmospheric Sounding Station, Atmospheric Research and Instrumentation Branch, Mazagón, Spain (GRID:grid.15312.34) (ISNI:0000 0004 1794 1528) 
15  University of Crete, Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Heraklion, Greece (GRID:grid.8127.c) (ISNI:0000 0004 0576 3437) 
16  University of Crete, Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Heraklion, Greece (GRID:grid.8127.c) (ISNI:0000 0004 0576 3437); I. Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou, Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Palea Penteli, Greece (GRID:grid.8663.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0635 693X) 
17  Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany (GRID:grid.4567.0) (ISNI:0000 0004 0483 2525); Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Department of Epidemiology, Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Munich, Germany (GRID:grid.5252.0) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 973X); Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Munich, Germany (GRID:grid.452396.f) (ISNI:0000 0004 5937 5237) 
18  National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol Tech. for Atmospheric & Climate Impacts, INRaSTES, Paraskevi, Greece (GRID:grid.6083.d) (ISNI:0000 0004 0635 6999) 
19  National Institute of Meterological Sciences (NIMS), Forecast Research Division, Seogwipo, Korea (GRID:grid.482505.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 0371 9491) 
20  German Environment Agency, Berlin, Germany (GRID:grid.425100.2) (ISNI:0000 0004 0554 9748) 
21  Institut Scientifique de Service Public (ISSeP), Liege, Belgium (GRID:grid.424743.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 2161 3779) 
22  Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria (GRID:grid.410344.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 2097 3094) 
23  Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC-CNR), Lecce, Italy (GRID:grid.435667.5) (ISNI:0000 0000 9466 4203) 
24  ISAC, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Bologna, Italy (GRID:grid.435667.5) (ISNI:0000 0000 9466 4203) 
25  Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain (GRID:grid.420247.7) (ISNI:0000 0004 1762 9198) 
26  University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), Faculty of Science, Helsinki, Finland (GRID:grid.7737.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 0410 2071) 
27  IPNA CSIC, Izaña Atmospheric Research Centre, Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Group of Atmosphere, Aerosols and Climate-AAC, Tenerife, Spain (GRID:grid.425209.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2206 1937) 
28  CNRS-UCA, Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont Auvergne (LPCA), UMR6533, Aubière, France (GRID:grid.425209.8) 
29  Paul Scherrer Institute, Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Villigen PSI, Switzerland (GRID:grid.5991.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 1090 7501) 
30  Imperial College London, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Environmental Research Group, London, United Kingdom (GRID:grid.7445.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 2113 8111) 
31  Imperial College London, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Environmental Research Group, London, United Kingdom (GRID:grid.7445.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 2113 8111); Imperial College London, NIHR HPRU in Environmental Exposures and Health, London, United Kingdom (GRID:grid.7445.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 2113 8111) 
32  University of Birmingham, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Edgbaston, United Kingdom (GRID:grid.6572.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 7486) 
33  University of Birmingham, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Edgbaston, United Kingdom (GRID:grid.6572.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 7486); King Abdulaziz University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (GRID:grid.412125.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 0619 1117) 
34  University of Galway, School of Natural Sciences, Ryan Institute’s Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies, Galway, Ireland (GRID:grid.6142.1) (ISNI:0000 0004 0488 0789) 
35  Svalbard science centre Longyearbyen, SIOS Knowledge Centre, Longyearbyen, Norway (GRID:grid.6142.1) 
36  The Netherlands Institute of Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, Netherlands (GRID:grid.6142.1) 
37  UMR 8518 Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique (LOA), Univ. Lille, CNRS, Lille, France (GRID:grid.497265.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0368 3740) 
38  Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy (GRID:grid.434554.7) (ISNI:0000 0004 1758 4137) 
39  IGE, Univ. Grenoble, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble, France (GRID:grid.503237.0) 
40  Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), Vilnius, Lithuania (GRID:grid.425985.7) 
Pages
1239
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20524463
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04079-1
ProQuest document ID
3129053082
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2024. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.