Research on aerosol sources and chemical composition: Past, current and emerging issues

AI Calvo, C Alves, A Castro, V Pont, AM Vicente… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
In spite of considerable progresses in recent years, a quantitative and predictive
understanding of atmospheric aerosol sources, chemical composition, transformation …

The molecular identification of organic compounds in the atmosphere: state of the art and challenges

B Noziere, M Kalberer, M Claeys, J Allan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The Earth's atmosphere offers a striking contrast with other known planets by its rich organic
composition, which results almost exclusively from the presence of life on the planet. About …

The physical and chemical characteristics of marine primary organic aerosol: a review

B Gantt, N Meskhidze - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
Knowledge of the physical characteristics and chemical composition of marine organic
aerosols is needed for the quantification of their effects on solar radiation transfer and cloud …

Size-dependent changes in sea spray aerosol composition and properties with different seawater conditions

AP Ault, RC Moffet, J Baltrusaitis… - Environmental …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A great deal of uncertainty exists regarding the chemical diversity of particles in sea spray
aerosol (SSA), as well as the degree of mixing between inorganic and organic species in …

General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI)–integrating aerosol research from nano to global …

M Kulmala, A Asmi, HK Lappalainen… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
In this paper we describe and summarize the main achievements of the European Aerosol
Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions project (EUCAARI). EUCAARI started on 1 …

Identification of marine and continental aerosol sources in Paris using high resolution aerosol mass spectrometry

M Crippa, I El Haddad, JG Slowik… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Major summertime aerosol emission sources in Paris were assessed using a high resolution
time‐of‐flight aerosol mass spectrometer (HR‐ToF‐AMS). The application of positive matrix …

Sources and composition of submicron organic mass in marine aerosol particles

AA Frossard, LM Russell, SM Burrows… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The sources and composition of atmospheric marine aerosol particles (aMA) have been
investigated with a range of physical and chemical measurements from open‐ocean …

The cycling of organic nitrogen through the atmosphere

T Jickells, AR Baker, JN Cape… - … Transactions of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Atmospheric organic nitrogen (ON) appears to be a ubiquitous but poorly understood
component of the atmospheric nitrogen deposition flux. Here, we focus on the ON …

13C‐ and 14C‐based study of sources and atmospheric processing of water‐soluble organic carbon (WSOC) in South Asian aerosols

EN Kirillova, A Andersson, RJ Sheesley… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Water‐soluble organic carbon (WSOC) is typically a large component of carbonaceous
aerosols with a high propensity for inducing cloud formation. The sources of WSOC, which …

Considering the future of anthropogenic gas-phase organic compound emissions and the increasing influence of non-combustion sources on urban air quality

P Khare, DR Gentner - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Decades of policy in developed regions has successfully reduced total anthropogenic
emissions of gas-phase organic compounds, especially volatile organic compounds (VOCs) …