Some observations of the influence of meteorological variables on the size distribution of natural aerosol particles

Significant departures from the Junge distribution of particle concentrations in the accumulation mode size range are evident in many reported measurements. In this paper we examine the way in which prevailing meteorological conditions may have a marked effect on the particulate size distribution, with particular reference to several case studies of extended periods of measurement at two widely differing locations. For these data, significant departures from the Junge distribution are at least partially explicable in terms of the prevailing meteorological conditions.