Understanding atmospheric organic aerosols via factor analysis of aerosol mass spectrometry: a review

Q Zhang, JL Jimenez, MR Canagaratna… - Analytical and …, 2011 - Springer
Organic species are an important but poorly characterized constituent of airborne particulate
matter. A quantitative understanding of the organic fraction of particles (organic aerosol, OA) …

Secondary organic aerosol formation in cloud droplets and aqueous particles (aqSOA): a review of laboratory, field and model studies

B Ervens, BJ Turpin, RJ Weber - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Progress has been made over the past decade in predicting secondary organic aerosol
(SOA) mass in the atmosphere using vapor pressure-driven partitioning, which implies that …

Evaluation of composition-dependent collection efficiencies for the aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer using field data

AM Middlebrook, R Bahreini, JL Jimenez… - Aerosol Science and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometers (AMS) have been used in many
locations around the world to study the size-resolved, nonrefractory chemical composition of …

Chemical composition, sources, and aging process of submicron aerosols in Beijing: Contrast between summer and winter

W Hu, M Hu, W Hu, JL Jimenez, B Yuan… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate the seasonal characteristics of submicron aerosol (PM1) in Beijing urban
areas, a high‐resolution time‐of‐flight aerosol‐mass‐spectrometer (HR‐ToF‐AMS) was …

Organic aerosol components observed in Northern Hemispheric datasets from Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

NL Ng, MR Canagaratna, Q Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
In this study we compile and present results from the factor analysis of 43 Aerosol Mass
Spectrometer (AMS) datasets (27 of the datasets are reanalyzed in this work). The …

Aerosol mass spectrometer constraint on the global secondary organic aerosol budget

DV Spracklen, JL Jimenez, KS Carslaw… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
The budget of atmospheric secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is very uncertain, with recent
estimates suggesting a global source of between 12 and 1820 Tg (SOA) a− 1. We used a …

Characterization of the sources and processes of organic and inorganic aerosols in New York city with a high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass apectrometer

YL Sun, Q Zhang, JJ Schwab… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Submicron aerosol particles (PM 1) were measured in-situ using a High-Resolution Time-of-
Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer during the summer 2009 Field Intensive Study at Queens …

Real-time methods for estimating organic component mass concentrations from aerosol mass spectrometer data

NL Ng, MR Canagaratna, JL Jimenez… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
We use results from positive matrix factorization (PMF) analysis of 15 urban aerosol mass
spectrometer (AMS) data sets to derive simple methods for estimating major organic aerosol …

Organic aerosol composition and sources in Pasadena, California, during the 2010 CalNex campaign

PL Hayes, AM Ortega, MJ Cubison… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Organic aerosols (OA) in Pasadena are characterized using multiple measurements from
the California Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change (CalNex) campaign …

Organic condensation: a vital link connecting aerosol formation to cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations

I Riipinen, JR Pierce, T Yli-Juuti… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric aerosol particles influence global climate as well as impair air quality through
their effects on atmospheric visibility and human health. Ultrafine (< 100 nm) particles often …