The acidity of atmospheric particles and clouds

HOT Pye, A Nenes, B Alexander, AP Ault… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Acidity, defined as pH, is a central component of aqueous chemistry. In the atmosphere, the
acidity of condensed phases (aerosol particles, cloud water, and fog droplets) governs the …

Atmospheric new particle formation and growth: review of field observations

VM Kerminen, X Chen, V Vakkari… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This review focuses on the observed characteristics of atmospheric new particle formation
(NPF) in different environments of the global troposphere. After a short introduction, we will …

New particle formation in the atmosphere: From molecular clusters to global climate

SH Lee, H Gordon, H Yu, K Lehtipalo… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
New particle formation (NPF) represents the first step in the complex processes leading to
formation of cloud condensation nuclei. Newly formed nanoparticles affect human health, air …

Atmospheric nanoparticle growth

D Stolzenburg, R Cai, SM Blichner, J Kontkanen… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
New particle formation of liquid or solid nanoparticles from gas-phase precursors is a
decisive process in Earth's atmosphere and is considered one of the largest uncertainties in …

The potential role of methanesulfonic acid (MSA) in aerosol formation and growth and the associated radiative forcings

AL Hodshire, P Campuzano-Jost… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric marine aerosol particles impact Earth's albedo and climate. These particles can
be primary or secondary and come from a variety of sources, including sea salt, dissolved …

Chemical evolution of atmospheric organic carbon over multiple generations of oxidation

G Isaacman-VanWertz, P Massoli, R O'Brien, C Lim… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The evolution of atmospheric organic carbon as it undergoes oxidation has a controlling
influence on concentrations of key atmospheric species, including particulate matter, ozone …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of the HI-SCALE field campaign: A new perspective on shallow convective clouds

JD Fast, LK Berg, L Alexander, D Bell… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Overview of the HI-SCALE Field Campaign: A New Perspective on Shallow Convective
Clouds in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 100 Issue 5 (2019) Jump …

Organic condensation and particle growth to CCN sizes in the summertime marine Arctic is driven by materials more semivolatile than at continental sites

J Burkart, AL Hodshire, EL Mungall… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ship‐based aerosol measurements in the summertime Arctic indicate elevated
concentrations of ultrafine particles with occasional growth to cloud condensation nuclei …

Ambient particulate matter size distributions drive regional and global variability in particle deposition in the respiratory tract

JK Kodros, J Volckens, SH Jathar, JR Pierce - GeoHealth, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Human exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) increases the risk of negative health
outcomes; however, substantial uncertainty remains in quantifying these exposure …

The importance of ammonia for springtime atmospheric new particle formation and aerosol number abundance over the United States

AA Nair, F Yu, G Luo - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
New particle formation (NPF) and subsequent growth can contribute upwards of 50% of the
global cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) budget. It is also a significant source of ultrafine …