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 …

Research on aerosol sources and chemical composition: Past, current and emerging issues

AI Calvo, C Alves, A Castro, V Pont, AM Vicente… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
In spite of considerable progresses in recent years, a quantitative and predictive
understanding of atmospheric aerosol sources, chemical composition, transformation …

Direct observation of aqueous secondary organic aerosol from biomass-burning emissions

S Gilardoni, P Massoli, M Paglione… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The mechanisms leading to the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) are an
important subject of ongoing research for both air quality and climate. Recent laboratory …

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 …

Adsorptive uptake of water by semisolid secondary organic aerosols

A Pajunoja, AT Lambe, J Hakala… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol climate effects are intimately tied to interactions with water. Here we combine
hygroscopicity measurements with direct observations about the phase of secondary …

Microphysical explanation of the RH‐dependent water affinity of biogenic organic aerosol and its importance for climate

N Rastak, A Pajunoja… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A large fraction of atmospheric organic aerosol (OA) originates from natural emissions that
are oxidized in the atmosphere to form secondary organic aerosol (SOA). Isoprene (IP) and …

Nontargeted tandem mass spectrometry analysis reveals diversity and variability in aerosol functional groups across multiple sites, seasons, and times of day

JC Ditto, T Joo, JH Slade, PB Shepson… - … & Technology Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Organic aerosol (OA) is a complex mixture of compounds with diverse elemental and
structural features, and its composition affects its health and environmental impacts. A …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term sub-micrometer aerosol chemical composition in the boreal forest: inter-and intra-annual variability

L Heikkinen, M Äijälä, M Riva, K Luoma… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract The Station for Measuring Ecosystem–Atmosphere Relations (SMEAR) II is well
known among atmospheric scientists due to the immense amount of observational data it …

Aerosol liquid water promotes the formation of water-soluble organic nitrogen in submicrometer aerosols in a suburban forest

Y Xu, Y Miyazaki, E Tachibana, K Sato… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Water-soluble organic nitrogen (WSON) affects the formation, chemical transformations,
hygroscopicity, and acidity of organic aerosols as well as biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen …

Characteristics, sources and water-solubility of ambient submicron organic aerosol in springtime in Helsinki, Finland

H Timonen, S Carbone, M Aurela, K Saarnio… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study the characteristics, sources and water-solubility of submicron organic aerosol
(OA) were investigated in Helsinki, Finland. An Aerodyne high-resolution time-of-flight …