Aerosol Production and Growth in the Upper Troposphere over the Amazon Forest Observed during ACRIDICON-CHUVA

Meinrat O Andreae1,2, Armin Afchine3, Rachel I Albrecht4, Paulo Artaxo5, Stephan A Borrmann1, Micael Amore Cecchini6, Anja Costa7, Daniel Fütterer8, Emma Järvinen9, Thomas Klimach10, Tobias Konemann11, Martina Krämer3, Luiz Machado6, Stephan Mertes12, Christopher Pöhlker11, Mira L. Pöhlker11, Ulrich Pöschl11, Daniel N Sauer8, Martin Schnaiter9, Johannes Schneider13, Christiane Schulz14, Antonio Spanu8, Adrian Walser15, Jian Wang16, Bernadett Weinzierl17 and Manfred Wendisch18, (1)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, United States, (3)Forschungszentrum Juelich, Juelich, Germany, (4)University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, (5)USP University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, (6)INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, (7)FZ Juelich, Juelich, Germany, (8)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (9)KIT, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Aerosol Research (IMK-AAF), Karlsruhe, Germany, (10)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Multiphase Chemistry and Biogeochemistry Departments, Mainz, Germany, (11)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Multiphase Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany, (12)Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany, (13)Johannes Gutenberg University, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Particle Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, (14)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Particle Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany, (15)Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Meteorological Institute, München, Germany, (16)Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, United States, (17)University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, (18)University of Leipzig, Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig, Germany
Scientific Team Name: The ACRIDICON-CHUVA Science Team