New particle formation in the atmosphere: From molecular clusters to global climate

SH Lee, H Gordon, H Yu, K Lehtipalo… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
New particle formation (NPF) represents the first step in the complex processes leading to
formation of cloud condensation nuclei. Newly formed nanoparticles affect human health, air …

Atmospheric nanoparticle growth

D Stolzenburg, R Cai, SM Blichner, J Kontkanen… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
New particle formation of liquid or solid nanoparticles from gas-phase precursors is a
decisive process in Earth's atmosphere and is considered one of the largest uncertainties in …

Substantial convection and precipitation enhancements by ultrafine aerosol particles

J Fan, D Rosenfeld, Y Zhang, SE Giangrande, Z Li… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Aerosol-cloud interactions remain the largest uncertainty in climate projections. Ultrafine
aerosol particles smaller than 50 nanometers (UAP< 50) can be abundant in the …

Rapid growth of organic aerosol nanoparticles over a wide tropospheric temperature range

D Stolzenburg, L Fischer, AL Vogel… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Nucleation and growth of aerosol particles from atmospheric vapors constitutes a major
source of global cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). The fraction of newly formed particles …

[HTML][HTML] Isoprene nitrates drive new particle formation in Amazon's upper troposphere

J Curtius, M Heinritzi, LJ Beck, ML Pöhlker, N Tripathi… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
New particle formation (NPF) in the tropical upper troposphere is a globally important source
of atmospheric aerosols 1, 2, 3, 4. It is known to occur over the Amazon basin, but the …

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 …

High concentration of ultrafine particles in the Amazon free troposphere produced by organic new particle formation

B Zhao, M Shrivastava, NM Donahue… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The large concentrations of ultrafine particles consistently observed at high altitudes over
the tropics represent one of the world's largest aerosol reservoirs, which may be providing a …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term cloud condensation nuclei number concentration, particle number size distribution and chemical composition measurements at regionally …

J Schmale, S Henning, S Decesari… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Aerosol–cloud interactions (ACI) constitute the single largest uncertainty in anthropogenic
radiative forcing. To reduce the uncertainties and gain more confidence in the simulation of …

Validation of high‐resolution MAIAC aerosol product over South America

VS Martins, A Lyapustin… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Multiangle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC) is a new Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) algorithm that combines time series …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol characteristics and particle production in the upper troposphere over the Amazon Basin

MO Andreae, A Afchine, R Albrecht… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Airborne observations over the Amazon Basin showed high aerosol particle concentrations
in the upper troposphere (UT) between 8 and 15 km altitude, with number densities …