Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOM) from gas-phase autoxidation involving peroxy radicals: A key contributor to atmospheric aerosol

F Bianchi, T Kurtén, M Riva, C Mohr… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOM) are formed in the atmosphere via autoxidation
involving peroxy radicals arising from volatile organic compounds (VOC). HOM condense on …

Recent advances in understanding secondary organic aerosol: Implications for global climate forcing

M Shrivastava, CD Cappa, J Fan… - Reviews of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic emissions and land use changes have modified atmospheric aerosol
concentrations and size distributions over time. Understanding preindustrial conditions and …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] A new model mechanism for atmospheric oxidation of isoprene: global effects on oxidants, nitrogen oxides, organic products, and secondary organic aerosol

KH Bates, DJ Jacob - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric oxidation of isoprene, the most abundantly emitted non-methane hydrocarbon,
affects the abundances of ozone (O 3), the hydroxyl radical (OH), nitrogen oxide radicals …

Airborne measurements of western US wildfire emissions: Comparison with prescribed burning and air quality implications

X Liu, LG Huey, RJ Yokelson… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires emit significant amounts of pollutants that degrade air quality. Plumes from three
wildfires in the western US were measured from aircraft during the Studies of Emissions and …

Evaluating the performance of five different chemical ionization techniques for detecting gaseous oxygenated organic species

M Riva, P Rantala, JE Krechmer… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - amt.copernicus.org
The impact of aerosols on climate and air quality remains poorly understood due to multiple
factors. One of the current limitations is the incomplete understanding of the contribution of …

Monoterpenes are the largest source of summertime organic aerosol in the southeastern United States

H Zhang, LD Yee, BH Lee, MP Curtis… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The chemical complexity of atmospheric organic aerosol (OA) has caused substantial
uncertainties in understanding its origins and environmental impacts. Here, we provide …

Formation of Secondary Brown Carbon in Biomass Burning Aerosol Proxies through NO3 Radical Reactions

C Li, Q He, APS Hettiyadura, U Käfer… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric brown carbon (BrC) is an important contributor to the radiative forcing of climate
by organic aerosols. Because of the molecular diversity of BrC compounds and their …

Formation of highly oxygenated organic molecules from aromatic compounds

U Molteni, F Bianchi, F Klein, I El Haddad… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Anthropogenic volatile organic compounds (AVOCs) often dominate the urban atmosphere
and consist to a large degree of aromatic hydrocarbons (ArHCs), such as benzene, toluene …

Ubiquity of organic nitrates from nighttime chemistry in the European submicron aerosol

A Kiendler‐Scharr, AA Mensah, E Friese… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In the atmosphere nighttime removal of volatile organic compounds is initiated to a large
extent by reaction with the nitrate radical (NO3) forming organic nitrates which partition …