Aerosol mixing state: Measurements, modeling, and impacts

N Riemer, AP Ault, M West, RL Craig… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric aerosols are complex mixtures of different chemical species, and individual
particles exist in many different shapes and morphologies. Together, these characteristics …

Processes controlling the composition and abundance of Arctic aerosol

MD Willis, WR Leaitch, JPD Abbatt - Reviews of Geophysics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic region is a harbinger of global change and is warming at a rate higher than the
global average. While Arctic warming is driven by increases in anthropogenic greenhouse …

Processing of biomass-burning aerosol in the eastern Mediterranean during summertime

A Bougiatioti, I Stavroulas, E Kostenidou… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
The aerosol chemical composition in air masses affected by wildfires from the Greek islands
of Chios, Euboea and Andros, the Dalmatian Coast and Sicily, during late summer of 2012 …

Biomass burning aerosol as a modulator of the droplet number in the southeast Atlantic region

M Kacarab, KL Thornhill, A Dobracki… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
The southeastern Atlantic (SEA) and its associated cloud deck, off the west coast of central
Africa, is an area where aerosol–cloud interactions can have a strong radiative impact …

A review on laboratory studies and field measurements of atmospheric organic aerosol hygroscopicity and its parameterization based on oxidation levels

Y Kuang, W Xu, J Tao, N Ma, C Zhao, M Shao - Current Pollution Reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The study of organic aerosol hygroscopic growth and cloud
droplet activation is crucial for accurately quantifying their climate and environmental …

On the link between hygroscopicity, volatility, and oxidation state of ambient and water-soluble aerosols in the southeastern United States

KM Cerully, A Bougiatioti, JR Hite Jr… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
The formation of secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) combined with the partitioning of
semivolatile organic components can impact numerous aerosol properties including cloud …

Analysis of CCN activity of Arctic aerosol and Canadian biomass burning during summer 2008

TL Lathem, AJ Beyersdorf, KL Thornhill… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
The NASA DC-8 aircraft characterized the aerosol properties, chemical composition, and
cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations of the summertime Arctic during the 2008 …

CCN activity and organic hygroscopicity of aerosols downwind of an urban region in central Amazonia: seasonal and diel variations and impact of anthropogenic …

R Thalman, SS de Sá, BB Palm… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
During the Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)
campaign, size-resolved cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) spectra were characterized at a …

Measurements of the sensitivity of aerosol hygroscopicity and the κ parameter to the O/C ratio

AMJ Rickards, REH Miles, JF Davies… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report measurements of the subsaturated hygroscopic growth of aerosol particles
composed of single organic components of varying oxygen-to-carbon ratio up to relative …

Seasonal differences and variability of concentrations, chemical composition, and cloud condensation nuclei of marine aerosol over the North Atlantic

G Saliba, CL Chen, S Lewis, LM Russell… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of the aerosol particle number (condensation nuclei or CN) in the marine
boundary layer (MBL) consists of sulfate and organic compounds that have been shown to …