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 …

Mass reconstruction methods for PM2.5: a review

JC Chow, DH Lowenthal, LWA Chen, X Wang… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2015 - Springer
Major components of suspended particulate matter (PM) are inorganic ions, organic matter
(OM), elemental carbon (EC), geological minerals, salt, non-mineral elements, and water …

Increasing importance of deposition of reduced nitrogen in the United States

Y Li, BA Schichtel, JT Walker… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Rapid development of agriculture and fossil fuel combustion greatly increased US reactive
nitrogen emissions to the atmosphere in the second half of the 20th century, resulting in …

Summertime PM2.5 ionic species in four major cities of China: nitrate formation in an ammonia-deficient atmosphere

RK Pathak, WS Wu, T Wang - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
Strong atmospheric photochemistry in summer can produce a significant amount of
secondary aerosols, which may have a large impact on regional air quality and visibility. In …

Emissions of trace gases and aerosols during the open combustion of biomass in the laboratory

GR McMeeking, SM Kreidenweis… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We characterized the gas‐and speciated aerosol‐phase emissions from the open
combustion of 33 different plant species during a series of 255 controlled laboratory burns …

Seasonal composition of remote and urban fine particulate matter in the United States

JL Hand, BA Schichtel, M Pitchford… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Speciated aerosol composition data from the rural Interagency Monitoring for Protected
Visual Environments (IMPROVE) network and the Environmental Protection Agency's …

Atmospheric ammonia and particulate inorganic nitrogen over the United States

CL Heald, JL Collett Jr, T Lee… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - acp.copernicus.org
We use in situ observations from the Interagency Monitoring of PROtected Visual
Environments (IMPROVE) network, the Midwest Ammonia Monitoring Project, 11 surface site …

Organic nitrate aerosol formation via NO + biogenic volatile organic compounds in the southeastern United States

BR Ayres, HM Allen, DC Draper… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Gas-and aerosol-phase measurements of oxidants, biogenic volatile organic compounds
(BVOCs) and organic nitrates made during the Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS …

Homogeneous and heterogeneous photolysis of nitrate in the atmosphere: state of the science, current research needs, and future prospects

Y Cao, Q Ma, B Chu, H He - Frontiers of Environmental Science & …, 2023 - Springer
Nitrate is an important component of atmospheric particulate matter and affects air quality,
climate, human health, and the ecosystem. Nitrate was previously considered a permanent …

Investigation of global particulate nitrate from the AeroCom phase III experiment

H Bian, M Chin, DA Hauglustaine… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
An assessment of global particulate nitrate and ammonium aerosol based on simulations
from nine models participating in the Aerosol Comparisons between Observations and …