The rapid urbanization and growing number of megacities and urban complexes requires
new types of research and services that make best use of science and available technology …

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) …

Biomass burning (BB) is the second largest source of trace gases and the largest source of
primary fine carbonaceous particles in the global troposphere. Many recent BB studies have …

The Fire INventory from NCAR version 1.0 (FINNv1) provides daily, 1 km resolution, global
estimates of the trace gas and particle emissions from open burning of biomass, which …

The Model for Ozone and Related chemical Tracers, version 4 (MOZART-4) is an offline
global chemical transport model particularly suited for studies of the troposphere. The …

Real-time air quality forecasting (RT-AQF), a new discipline of the atmospheric sciences,
represents one of the most far-reaching development and practical applications of science …

Submicron aerosol was analyzed during the MILAGRO field campaign in March 2006 at the
T0 urban supersite in Mexico City with a High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass …

MILAGRO (Megacity Initiative: Local And Global Research Observations) is an international
collaborative project to examine the behavior and the export of atmospheric emissions from …

Airborne particles play critical roles in air quality, health effects, visibility, and climate.
Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) formed from oxidation of organic gases such as α-pinene …

Many of the significant advances in our understanding of atmospheric particles can be
attributed to the application of mass spectrometry. Mass spectrometry provides high …