Chemistry of atmospheric brown carbon

A Laskin, J Laskin, SA Nizkorodov - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Organic carbon (OC) accounts for a large fraction of atmospheric aerosol and has profound
effects on air quality, atmospheric chemistry, and climate forcing. The molecular composition …

Tropospheric aqueous-phase chemistry: kinetics, mechanisms, and its coupling to a changing gas phase

H Herrmann, T Schaefer, A Tilgner, SA Styler… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This Review aims to summarize the current understanding of bulk tropospheric aqueous-
phase chemistry. Because a complete review of all developments in this area would be …

Aging of atmospheric brown carbon aerosol

RF Hems, EG Schnitzler, C Liu-Kang… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Emitted by numerous primary sources and formed by secondary sources, atmospheric
brown carbon (BrC) aerosol is chemically complex. As BrC aerosol ages in the atmosphere …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrate radicals and biogenic volatile organic compounds: oxidation, mechanisms, and organic aerosol

NL Ng, SS Brown, AT Archibald, E Atlas… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) by the nitrate radical (NO 3)
represents one of the important interactions between anthropogenic emissions related to …

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 …

Exploiting simultaneous observational constraints on mass and absorption to estimate the global direct radiative forcing of black carbon and brown carbon

X Wang, CL Heald, DA Ridley… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric black carbon (BC) is a leading climate warming agent, yet uncertainties on the
global direct radiative forcing (DRF) remain large. Here we expand a global model …

Light absorption of secondary organic aerosol: composition and contribution of nitroaromatic compounds

M Xie, X Chen, MD Hays, M Lewandowski… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) can affect the atmospheric radiation balance through
absorbing light at shorter visible and UV wavelengths. However, the composition and optical …

[HTML][HTML] Contributions of nitrated aromatic compounds to the light absorption of water-soluble and particulate brown carbon in different atmospheric environments in …

M Teich, D van Pinxteren, M Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
The relative contributions of eight nitrated aromatic compounds (NACs: nitrophenols and
nitrated salicylic acids) to the light absorption of aqueous particle extracts and particulate …

Optical properties and aging of light-absorbing secondary organic aerosol

J Liu, P Lin, A Laskin, J Laskin… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The light-absorbing organic aerosol (OA) commonly referred to as “brown carbon”(BrC) has
attracted considerable attention in recent years because of its potential to affect atmospheric …

Optical properties of secondary organic aerosol produced by nitrate radical oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds

Q He, S Tomaz, C Li, M Zhu, D Meidan… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nighttime oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) by nitrate radicals
(NO3·) represents one of the most important interactions between anthropogenic and natural …