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Jeremy Harris

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From tilling to spraying of pesticides to harvesting, agricultural activities emit a variety of aerosols into the atmosphere. These aerosols under the right conditions can act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), forming water droplets that make fog and clouds. How easily the water droplets are formed on the types of aerosols. The purpose of this project is to explore the role of agricultural emissions as CCNs. To gauge how well these emissions form into water droplets, an instrument called the Dual-Column Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter (CCNC) was stationed at Purdue University's Agronomy Center for Research & Education (ACRE). The CCNC data along with weather data from the on-site weather station were analyzed to study the differences in atmospheric aerosols from fungicide spray and crop harvest.

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Purdue University / 2023

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Jeremy Harris