Aerosol mixing state: Measurements, modeling, and impacts

N Riemer, AP Ault, M West, RL Craig… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric aerosols are complex mixtures of different chemical species, and individual
particles exist in many different shapes and morphologies. Together, these characteristics …

A review of current knowledge concerning PM2. 5 chemical composition, aerosol optical properties and their relationships across China

J Tao, L Zhang, J Cao, R Zhang - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
To obtain a thorough knowledge of PM 2. 5 chemical composition and its impact on aerosol
optical properties across China, existing field studies conducted after the year 2000 are …

Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment

TC Bond, SJ Doherty, DW Fahey… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Black carbon aerosol plays a unique and important role in Earth's climate system. Black
carbon is a type of carbonaceous material with a unique combination of physical properties …

Black-carbon absorption enhancement in the atmosphere determined by particle mixing state

D Liu, J Whitehead, MR Alfarra, E Reyes-Villegas… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Atmospheric black carbon makes an important but poorly quantified contribution to the
warming of the global atmosphere. Laboratory and modelling studies have shown that the …

Chemistry and the linkages between air quality and climate change

E Von Schneidemesser, PS Monks, JD Allan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Climate change and air pollution are critical environmental issues both in the here and now
and for the coming decades. A recent OECD report found that unless action is taken, air …

Brown carbon: a significant atmospheric absorber of solar radiation?

Y Feng, V Ramanathan… - … chemistry and physics, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
Several recent observational studies have shown organic carbon aerosols to be a significant
source of absorption of solar radiation. The absorbing part of organic aerosols is referred to …

Brownness of organics in aerosols from biomass burning linked to their black carbon content

R Saleh, ES Robinson, DS Tkacik, AT Ahern, S Liu… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Atmospheric particulate matter plays an important role in the Earth's radiative balance. Over
the past two decades, it has been established that a portion of particulate matter, black …

Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect from AeroCom Phase II simulations

G Myhre, BH Samset, M Schulz… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
We report on the AeroCom Phase II direct aerosol effect (DAE) experiment where 16
detailed global aerosol models have been used to simulate the changes in the aerosol …

Radiative absorption enhancements due to the mixing state of atmospheric black carbon

CD Cappa, TB Onasch, P Massoli, DR Worsnop… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Atmospheric black carbon (BC) warms Earth's climate, and its reduction has been targeted
for near-term climate change mitigation. Models that include forcing by BC assume internal …

Optical properties of secondary organic aerosols and their changes by chemical processes

T Moise, JM Flores, Y Rudich - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION Atmospheric aerosols play a key role in the Earth's atmosphere.
Aerosols influence cloud formation and their lifetime, they affect the distribution and amount …