Elemental ratio measurements of organic compounds using aerosol mass spectrometry: characterization, improved calibration, and implications

MR Canagaratna, JL Jimenez, JH Kroll… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Elemental compositions of organic aerosol (OA) particles provide useful constraints on OA
sources, chemical evolution, and effects. The Aerodyne high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol …

Organic aerosol components derived from 25 AMS data sets across Europe using a consistent ME-2 based source apportionment approach

M Crippa, F Canonaco, VA Lanz… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Organic aerosols (OA) represent one of the major constituents of submicron particulate
matter (PM 1) and comprise a huge variety of compounds emitted by different sources. Three …

Ubiquity of organic nitrates from nighttime chemistry in the European submicron aerosol

A Kiendler‐Scharr, AA Mensah, E Friese… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In the atmosphere nighttime removal of volatile organic compounds is initiated to a large
extent by reaction with the nitrate radical (NO3) forming organic nitrates which partition …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of a real-time tracer for isoprene epoxydiols-derived secondary organic aerosol (IEPOX-SOA) from aerosol mass spectrometer …

WW Hu, P Campuzano-Jost, BB Palm… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Substantial amounts of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) can be formed from isoprene
epoxydiols (IEPOX), which are oxidation products of isoprene mainly under low-NO …

Rapid dark aging of biomass burning as an overlooked source of oxidized organic aerosol

JK Kodros, DK Papanastasiou… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Oxidized organic aerosol (OOA) is a major component of ambient particulate matter,
substantially impacting climate, human health, and ecosystems. OOA is readily produced in …

Seasonal variations in high time-resolved chemical compositions, sources, and evolution of atmospheric submicron aerosols in the megacity Beijing

W Hu, M Hu, WW Hu, J Zheng, C Chen… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
A severe regional haze problem in the megacity Beijing and surrounding areas, caused by
fast formation and growth of fine particles, has attracted much attention in recent years. In …

Spatial and seasonal variability of carbonaceous aerosol across Italy

S Sandrini, S Fuzzi, A Piazzalunga, P Prati… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper analyses elemental (EC), organic (OC) and total carbon (TC) concentration in PM
2.5 and PM 10 samples collected over the last few years within several national and …

Land transformation of Italy due to half a century of urbanization

B Romano, F Zullo, L Fiorini, A Marucci, S Ciabò - Land use policy, 2017 - Elsevier
The research presented in this paper has analyzed 50 years of urban evolution in Italy and
noted a considerable difference of geographic patterns of settlement growth compared to …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of biomass burning and aqueous-phase processing on air quality: a multi-year source apportionment study in the Po Valley, Italy

M Paglione, S Gilardoni, M Rinaldi… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract The Po Valley (Italy) is a well-known air quality hotspot characterized by particulate
matter (PM) levels well above the limit set by the European Air Quality Directive and by the …

Processing of biomass-burning aerosol in the eastern Mediterranean during summertime

A Bougiatioti, I Stavroulas, E Kostenidou… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
The aerosol chemical composition in air masses affected by wildfires from the Greek islands
of Chios, Euboea and Andros, the Dalmatian Coast and Sicily, during late summer of 2012 …