Opinion: How will advances in aerosol science inform our understanding of the health impacts of outdoor particulate pollution?

I El Haddad, D Vienneau… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Air pollution, characterized by high levels of particulate matter (PM), poses the greatest
environmental threat to human health, causing an estimated 7 million deaths annually and …

Anthropogenic effects on biogenic secondary organic aerosol formation

L Xu, L Du, NT Tsona, M Ge - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Anthropogenic emissions alter biogenic secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation from
naturally emitted volatile organic compounds (BVOCs). We review the major laboratory and …

Variability and time of day dependence of ozone photochemistry in western wildfire plumes

MA Robinson, ZCJ Decker, KC Barsanti… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Understanding the efficiency and variability of photochemical ozone (O3) production from
western wildfire plumes is important to accurately estimate their influence on North American …

Variations and sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban region: insights from measurements on a tall tower

XB Li, B Yuan, S Wang, C Wang, J Lan… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are key precursors of ozone and particulate matter,
which are the two dominant air pollutants in urban environments. However, compositions …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical characterization of secondary organic aerosol at a rural site in the southeastern US: insights from simultaneous high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol …

Y Chen, M Takeuchi, T Nah, L Xu… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
The formation and evolution of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) were investigated at
Yorkville, GA, in late summer (mid-August to mid-October 2016). The organic aerosol (OA) …

[HTML][HTML] Two-year-long high-time-resolution apportionment of primary and secondary carbonaceous aerosols in the Los Angeles Basin using an advanced total …

M Ivančič, A Gregorič, G Lavrič, B Alföldy, I Ježek… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, carbonaceous aerosols (CA) have been recognized as a significant
contributor to the concentration of particles smaller than 2.5 μm (ie, PM 2.5), with a negative …

Connecting the light absorption of atmospheric organic aerosols with oxidation state and polarity

X Jiang, D Liu, Q Li, P Tian, Y Wu, S Li… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The light-absorbing organic aerosol (OA) constitutes an important fraction of absorbing
components, counteracting major cooling effect of aerosols to climate. The mechanisms in …

Chemical composition and hydrolysis of organic nitrate aerosol formed from hydroxyl and nitrate radical oxidation of -pinene and -pinene

M Takeuchi, NL Ng - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric organic nitrate (ON) is thought to play a crucial role in the formation potential of
ozone and aerosol, which are the leading air pollutants of concern across the world. Limited …

[HTML][HTML] Highly oxygenated organic molecule (HOM) formation in the isoprene oxidation by NO radical

D Zhao, I Pullinen, H Fuchs, S Schrade… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOM) are found to play an important role in the
formation and growth of secondary organic aerosol (SOA). SOA is an important type of …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical analysis of the Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL) with emphasis on secondary aerosol particles using aircraft-based in situ aerosol mass …

O Appel, F Köllner, A Dragoneas… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Aircraft-borne in situ measurements of the chemical aerosol composition were conducted in
the Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL) over the Indian subcontinent in the summer of …