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Therefore, a one-parameter growth curve model is applied to lidar data from the Koldewey Aerosol Raman Lidar (AWIPEV in Ny-\u00c5lesund, Svalbard) and simultaneous radiosonde measurements. Hygroscopic growth depends on different factors like aerosol diameter and chemical composition. To detangle this dependency, three trends in hygroscopicity are additionally investigated by classifying the aerosol first by its dry color ratio, and then by its season and altitude. Generally, we found a complex altitude dependence with the least hygroscopic particles in the middle of the troposphere. The most hygroscopic aerosol is located in the upper free troposphere. A hypothesis based on prior lifting of the particles is given. The expected trend with aerosol diameter is not observed, which draws attention to the complex dependence of hygroscopic growth on geographical region and altitude, and to the development of backscatter with the aerosol size itself. In a seasonal overview, two different modes of stronger or weaker hygroscopic particles are additionally observed. Furthermore, two special days are discussed using the Mie theory. They show, on the one hand, the complexity of analyzing hygroscopic growth by means of lidar data, but on the other hand, they demonstrate that it is in fact measurable with this approach. For these two case studies, we calculated that the aerosol effective radius increased from 0.16\u03bcm (dry) to 0.18\u03bcm (wet) and from 0.28\u03bcm to 0.32\u03bcm for the second case.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16163087","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,22]],"date-time":"2024-08-22T04:26:57Z","timestamp":1724300817000},"page":"3087","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Assessment of Hygroscopic Behavior of Arctic Aerosol by Contemporary Lidar and Radiosonde Observations"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-5328-928X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nele","family":"Eggers","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany"},{"name":"Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht Str. 24\/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8687-833X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sandra","family":"Gra\u00dfl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany"},{"name":"Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht Str. 24\/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1433-8371","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christoph","family":"Ritter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"331","DOI":"10.1007\/s00704-014-1173-4","article-title":"Surface radiation climatology for Ny-\u00c5lesund, Svalbard (78.9 N), basic observations for trend detection","volume":"120","author":"Maturilli","year":"2015","journal-title":"Theor. 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