Respiratory aerosols and droplets in the transmission of infectious diseases

ML Pöhlker, C Pöhlker, OO Krüger, JD Förster… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
Knowing the physicochemical properties of exhaled droplets and aerosol particles is a
prerequisite for a detailed mechanistic understanding and effective prevention of the …

The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO): overview of pilot measurements on ecosystem ecology, meteorology, trace gases, and aerosols

MO Andreae, OC Acevedo, A Araùjo… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
The Amazon Basin plays key roles in the carbon and water cycles, climate change,
atmospheric chemistry, and biodiversity. It has already been changed significantly by human …

Global organic and inorganic aerosol hygroscopicity and its effect on radiative forcing

ML Pöhlker, C Pöhlker, J Quaas, J Mülmenstädt… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The climate effects of atmospheric aerosol particles serving as cloud condensation nuclei
(CCN) depend on chemical composition and hygroscopicity, which are highly variable on …

Glass transition and phase state of organic compounds: dependency on molecular properties and implications for secondary organic aerosols in the atmosphere

T Koop, J Bookhold, M Shiraiwa… - Physical Chemistry …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, it has been proposed that organic aerosol particles in the atmosphere can exist in
an amorphous semi-solid or solid (ie glassy) state. In this perspective, we analyse and …

Small fraction of marine cloud condensation nuclei made up of sea spray aerosol

PK Quinn, DJ Coffman, JE Johnson, LM Upchurch… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Sea spray aerosols impact Earth's radiation balance by directly scattering solar radiation.
They also act as cloud condensation nuclei, thereby altering cloud properties including …

An interfacial mechanism for cloud droplet formation on organic aerosols

CR Ruehl, JF Davies, KR Wilson - Science, 2016 - science.org
Accurate predictions of aerosol/cloud interactions require simple, physically accurate
parameterizations of the cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) activity of aerosols. Current …

Amorphous and crystalline aerosol particles interacting with water vapor: conceptual framework and experimental evidence for restructuring, phase transitions and …

E Mikhailov, S Vlasenko, ST Martin… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
Interactions with water are crucial for the properties, transformation and climate effects of
atmospheric aerosols. Here we present a conceptual framework for the interaction of …

MAC‐v1: A new global aerosol climatology for climate studies

S Kinne, D O'Donnel, P Stier, S Kloster… - Journal of Advances …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The Max‐Planck‐Institute Aerosol Climatology version 1 (MAC‐v1) is introduced. It
describes the optical properties of tropospheric aerosols on monthly timescales and with …

Tropical and boreal forest atmosphere interactions: A review

P Artaxo, HC Hansson, MO Andreae… - Tellus. Series B …, 2022 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Tropical, temperate, and boreal forests are critical components of the climate system, and
the ecosystem services they provide are essential for our society (Bonan et al., 1992, Bonan …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol-and updraft-limited regimes of cloud droplet formation: influence of particle number, size and hygroscopicity on the activation of cloud condensation …

P Reutter, H Su, J Trentmann, M Simmel… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
We have investigated the formation of cloud droplets under pyro-convective conditions using
a cloud parcel model with detailed spectral microphysics and with the κ-Köhler model …