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 …

Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

S Fuzzi, U Baltensperger, K Carslaw… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased
enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year …

Molecular understanding of sulphuric acid–amine particle nucleation in the atmosphere

J Almeida, S Schobesberger, A Kürten, IK Ortega… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Nucleation of aerosol particles from trace atmospheric vapours is thought to provide up to
half of global cloud condensation nuclei. Aerosols can cause a net cooling of climate by …

Direct observations of atmospheric aerosol nucleation

M Kulmala, J Kontkanen, H Junninen, K Lehtipalo… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Atmospheric nucleation is the dominant source of aerosol particles in the global atmosphere
and an important player in aerosol climatic effects. The key steps of this process occur in the …

Nucleation and growth of nanoparticles in the atmosphere

R Zhang, A Khalizov, L Wang, M Hu, W Xu - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
This review intends to critically assess recent findings related to nucleation and growth of
atmospheric nanoparticles, with an emphasis on the understanding of these processes at a …

Modeling the formation and growth of atmospheric molecular clusters: A review

J Elm, J Kubečka, V Besel, MJ Jääskeläinen… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Molecular clusters are ubiquitous constituents of the ambient atmosphere, that can grow into
larger sizes forming new aerosol particles. The formation and growth of small clusters into …

Measurement of the nucleation of atmospheric aerosol particles

M Kulmala, T Petäjä, T Nieminen, M Sipilä… - Nature protocols, 2012 - nature.com
The formation of new atmospheric aerosol particles and their subsequent growth have been
observed frequently at various locations all over the world. The atmospheric nucleation rate …

Aerosol–cloud–precipitation interactions. Part 1. The nature and sources of cloud-active aerosols

MO Andreae, D Rosenfeld - Earth-Science Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Atmospheric aerosol particles serve as condensation nuclei for the formation of both, cloud
droplets and atmospheric ice particles. As a result, they exert a substantial influence on the …

Traffic is a major source of atmospheric nanocluster aerosol

T Rönkkö, H Kuuluvainen… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
In densely populated areas, traffic is a significant source of atmospheric aerosol particles.
Owing to their small size and complicated chemical and physical characteristics …

Atmospheric composition change–global and regional air quality

PS Monks, C Granier, S Fuzzi, A Stohl… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - Elsevier
Air quality transcends all scales with in the atmosphere from the local to the global with
handovers and feedbacks at each scale interaction. Air quality has manifold effects on …