The acidity of atmospheric particles and clouds

HOT Pye, A Nenes, B Alexander, AP Ault… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Acidity, defined as pH, is a central component of aqueous chemistry. In the atmosphere, the
acidity of condensed phases (aerosol particles, cloud water, and fog droplets) governs the …

Atmospheric chemistry of oxygenated volatile organic compounds: impacts on air quality and climate

A Mellouki, TJ Wallington, J Chen - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is hard to overstate the importance of oxygenated organic compounds in atmospheric
chemistry. Oxygenated organic compounds are emitted into the atmosphere from natural …

Evaluation of composition-dependent collection efficiencies for the aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer using field data

AM Middlebrook, R Bahreini, JL Jimenez… - Aerosol Science and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometers (AMS) have been used in many
locations around the world to study the size-resolved, nonrefractory chemical composition of …

A two-dimensional volatility basis set: 1. organic-aerosol mixing thermodynamics

NM Donahue, SA Epstein, SN Pandis… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
We develop the thermodynamic underpinnings of a two-dimensional volatility basis set (2D-
VBS) employing saturation mass concentration (C o) and the oxygen content (O: C) to …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrate radicals and biogenic volatile organic compounds: oxidation, mechanisms, and organic aerosol

NL Ng, SS Brown, AT Archibald, E Atlas… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) by the nitrate radical (NO 3)
represents one of the important interactions between anthropogenic emissions related to …

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 …

Organosulfates in ambient aerosol: state of knowledge and future research directions on formation, abundance, fate, and importance

M Brüggemann, R Xu, A Tilgner… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Organosulfates (OSs), also referred to as organic sulfate esters, are well-known and
ubiquitous constituents of atmospheric aerosol particles. Commonly, they are assumed to …

Identification and quantification of organic aerosol from cooking and other sources in Barcelona using aerosol mass spectrometer data

C Mohr, PF DeCarlo, MF Heringa… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - acp.copernicus.org
PM 1 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter< 1 μm) non-refractory components
and black carbon were measured continuously together with additional air quality and …

Highly functionalized organic nitrates in the southeast United States: Contribution to secondary organic aerosol and reactive nitrogen budgets

BH Lee, C Mohr, FD Lopez-Hilfiker… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Speciated particle-phase organic nitrates (pONs) were quantified using online chemical
ionization MS during June and July of 2013 in rural Alabama as part of the Southern Oxidant …

Aerosol characterization over the southeastern United States using high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry: spatial and seasonal variation of aerosol composition …

L Xu, S Suresh, H Guo, RJ Weber… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
We deployed a High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS)
and an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) to characterize the chemical …