Bioaerosols in the Earth system: Climate, health, and ecosystem interactions

J Fröhlich-Nowoisky, CJ Kampf, B Weber… - Atmospheric …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Aerosols of biological origin play a vital role in the Earth system, particularly in the
interactions between atmosphere, biosphere, climate, and public health. Airborne bacteria …

Chemistry of atmospheric brown carbon

A Laskin, J Laskin, SA Nizkorodov - Chemical reviews, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Organic carbon (OC) accounts for a large fraction of atmospheric aerosol and has profound
effects on air quality, atmospheric chemistry, and climate forcing. The molecular composition …

Aging of atmospheric brown carbon aerosol

RF Hems, EG Schnitzler, C Liu-Kang… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Emitted by numerous primary sources and formed by secondary sources, atmospheric
brown carbon (BrC) aerosol is chemically complex. As BrC aerosol ages in the atmosphere …

Tropospheric aqueous-phase chemistry: kinetics, mechanisms, and its coupling to a changing gas phase

H Herrmann, T Schaefer, A Tilgner, SA Styler… - Chemical …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
This Review aims to summarize the current understanding of bulk tropospheric aqueous-
phase chemistry. Because a complete review of all developments in this area would be …

Optical properties of secondary organic aerosols and their changes by chemical processes

T Moise, JM Flores, Y Rudich - Chemical reviews, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION Atmospheric aerosols play a key role in the Earth's atmosphere.
Aerosols influence cloud formation and their lifetime, they affect the distribution and amount …

Photochemical processing of aqueous atmospheric brown carbon

R Zhao, AKY Lee, L Huang, X Li, F Yang… - Atmospheric …, 2015‏ - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric brown carbon (BrC) is a collective term for light absorbing organic compounds
in the atmosphere. While the identification of BrC and its formation mechanisms is currently …

Modeling the processing of aerosol and trace gases in clouds and fogs

B Ervens - Chemical reviews, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Aerosol− cloud interactions account for the largest uncertainty in current estimates of
changes in radiative forcing according to the most recent IPCC report. 1 The term “aerosol …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Acidity and the multiphase chemistry of atmospheric aqueous particles and clouds

A Tilgner, T Schaefer, B Alexander… - Atmospheric …, 2021‏ - acp.copernicus.org
The acidity of aqueous atmospheric solutions is a key parameter driving both the partitioning
of semi-volatile acidic and basic trace gases and their aqueous-phase chemistry. In addition …

Sources, composition and absorption Ångstrom exponent of light-absorbing organic components in aerosol extracts from the Los Angeles Basin

X Zhang, YH Lin, JD Surratt… - Environmental science & …, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
We investigate the sources, chemical composition, and spectral properties of light-absorbing
organic aerosol extracts (ie, brown carbon, or BrC) in the Los Angeles (LA) Basin during the …