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The impact of ammonia on particle formation in the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer
/ Xenofontos, Christos (Cyprus Inst.) ; Kohl, Matthias (Mainz, Max Planck Inst.) ; Ruhl, Samuel (Mainz, Max Planck Inst.) ; Almeida, João (CERN ; Lisbon U.) ; Beckmann, Hannah M (Tartu U.) ; Caudillo-Plath, Lucía (Goethe U., Frankfurt (main)) ; Ehrhart, Sebastian (Mainz, Max Planck Inst.) ; Höhler, Kristina (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Kaniyodical Sebastian, Milin (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Kong, Weimeng (CIT-USC) et al.
AbstractDuring summer, ammonia emissions in Southeast Asia influence air pollution and cloud formation. Convective transport by the South Asian monsoon carries these pollutant air masses into the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS), where they accumulate under anticyclonic flow conditions. [...]
2024 - 12 p.
- Published in : Climate. Atmos. Sci. 7 (2024) 215
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Nitrate Radicals Suppress Biogenic New Particle Formation from Monoterpene Oxidation
/ Li, Dandan (IRC, Villeurbanne) ; Huang, Wei (U. Helsinki (main)) ; Wang, Dongyu (PSI, Villigen) ; Wang, Mingyi (Carnegie Mellon U. ; Caltech, Pasadena (main)) ; Thornton, Joel A (U. Washington, Seattle (main)) ; Caudillo, Lucía (Goethe U., Frankfurt (main)) ; Rörup, Birte (U. Helsinki (main)) ; Marten, Ruby (PSI, Villigen) ; Scholz, Wiebke (Innsbruck U.) ; Finkenzeller, Henning (U. Colorado, Boulder) et al.
Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs) are a major source of new particles that affect the Earth’s climate. HOM production from the oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) occurs during both the day and night and can lead to new particle formation (NPF). [...]
2024 - 14 p.
- Published in : Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (2024) 1601-1614
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New particle formation from isoprene under upper-tropospheric conditions
/ Shen, Jiali (Helsinki U.) ; Russell, Douglas M (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; DeVivo, Jenna (Carnegie Mellon U.) ; Kunkler, Felix (Mainz, Max Planck Inst.) ; Baalbaki, Rima (Helsinki U.) ; Mentler, Bernhard (Innsbruck U.) ; Scholz, Wiebke (Innsbruck U.) ; Yu, Wenjuan (Helsinki U.) ; Caudillo-Plath, Lucía (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Sommer, Eva (CERN ; Vienna U.) et al.
Abstract
Aircraft observations have revealed ubiquitous new particle formation in the tropical upper troposphere over the Amazon1,2 and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans3,4. Although the vapours involved remain unknown, recent satellite observations have revealed surprisingly high night-time isoprene mixing ratios of up to 1 part per billion by volume (ppbv) in the tropical upper troposphere5. [...]
2024 - 9 p.
- Published in : Nature 636 (2024) 115-123
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Iodine oxoacids enhance nucleation of sulfuric acid particles in the atmosphere
/ He, Xu-Cheng (Helsinki U. ; Carnegie Mellon U. ; Helsinki Inst. of Phys.) ; Simon, Mario (Frankfurt U., FIAS ; Frankfurt U.) ; Iyer, Siddharth (Tampere U. of Tech.) ; Xie, Hong-Bin (Shanghai Jiao Tong U.) ; Rörup, Birte (Helsinki U.) ; Shen, Jiali (Helsinki U.) ; Finkenzeller, Henning (Colorado U. ; Colorado U., CIRES) ; Stolzenburg, Dominik (Helsinki U. ; Vienna U.) ; Zhang, Rongjie (Shanghai Jiao Tong U.) ; Baccarini, Andrea (PSI, Villigen ; Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) et al.
The main nucleating vapor in the atmosphere is thought to be sulfuric acid (H2SO4), stabilized by ammonia (NH3). However, in marine and polar regions, NH3 is generally low, and H2SO4 is frequently found together with iodine oxoacids [HIOx, i.e., iodic acid (HIO3) and iodous acid (HIO2)]. [...]
2023 - 7 p.
- Published in : Science 382 (2023) adh2526
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High Gas-Phase Methanesulfonic Acid Production in the OH-Initiated Oxidation of Dimethyl Sulfide at Low Temperatures
/ Shen, Jiali ; Scholz, Wiebke ; He, Xu-Cheng ; Zhou, Putian ; Marie, Guillaume ; Wang, Mingyi ; Marten, Ruby ; Surdu, Mihnea ; Rörup, Birte ; Baalbaki, Rima et al.
Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) influences climate via cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) formation resulting from its oxidation products (mainly
methanesulfonic acid, MSA, and sulfuric acid, H2SO4). Despite their importance,
accurate prediction of MSA and H2SO4 from DMS oxidation remains
challenging. [...]
2022 - 14 p.
- Published in : Environ. Sci. Technol. 56 (2022) 13931-13944
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Synergistic HNO$_{3}$–H$_{2}$SO$_{4}$–NH$_{3}$ upper tropospheric particle formation
/ Wang, Mingyi ; Xiao, Mao ; Bertozzi, Barbara ; Marie, Guillaume ; Rörup, Birte ; Schulze, Benjamin ; Bardakov, Roman ; He, Xu-Cheng ; Shen, Jiali ; Scholz, Wiebke et al.
New particle formation in the upper free troposphere is a major global source of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). However, the precursor vapours that drive the process are not well understood. [...]
2022 - 7 p.
- Published in : Nature 605 (2022) 483-489
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Determination of the collision rate coefficient between charged iodic acid clusters and iodic acid using the appearance time method
/ He, Xu-Cheng (U. Helsinki (main)) ; Iyer, Siddharth (U. Helsinki (main)) ; Sipilä, Mikko (U. Helsinki (main)) ; Ylisirniö, Arttu (UEF, Kuopio) ; Peltola, Maija (Helsinki U.) ; Kontkanen, Jenni (Helsinki U.) ; Baalbaki, Rima (Helsinki U.) ; Simon, Mario (Goethe U., Frankfurt (main)) ; Kürten, Andreas (Goethe U., Frankfurt (main)) ; Tham, Yee Jun (Helsinki U.) et al.
Ions enhance the formation rate of atmospheric aerosol particles, which play an important role in Earth’s radiative balance. Ion-induced nucleation involves the stepwise accretion of neutral monomers onto a molecular cluster containing an ion, which helps to stabilize the cluster against evaporation. [...]
2020 - 12 p.
- Published in : Aerosol Sci. Technol. 55 (2020) 231-242
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Zeppelin-led study on the onset of new particle formation in the planetary boundary layer
/ Lampilahti, Janne (Helsinki U.) ; Manninen, Hanna E (CERN) ; Nieminen, Tuomo (Helsinki U.) ; Mirme, Sander (Tartu U.) ; Ehn, Mikael (Helsinki U.) ; Pullinen, Iida (Kuopio U.) ; Leino, Katri (Helsinki U.) ; Schobesberger, Siegfried (Helsinki U. ; Kuopio U.) ; Kangasluoma, Juha (Helsinki U.) ; Kontkanen, Jenni (Helsinki U.) et al.
We compared observations of aerosol particle formation and growth in different parts of the planetary boundary layer at two different environments that have frequent
new particle formation (NPF) events. In summer 2012 we
had a campaign in Po Valley, Italy (urban background), and
in spring 2013 a similar campaign took place in Hyytiälä,
Finland (rural background). [...]
2021 - 15 p.
- Published in : Atmos. Chem. Phys. 21 (2021) 12649-12663
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The driving factors of new particle formation and growth in the polluted boundary layer
/ Xiao, Mao ; Hoyle, Christopher R ; Dada, Lubna ; Stolzenburg, Dominik ; Kürten, Andreas ; Wang, Mingyi ; Lamkaddam, Houssni ; Garmash, Olga ; Mentler, Bernhard ; Molteni, Ugo et al.
New particle formation (NPF) is a significant
source of atmospheric particles, affecting climate and air
quality. Understanding the mechanisms involved in urban
aerosols is important to develop effective mitigation strategies. [...]
2021 - 17 p.
- Published in : Atmos. Chem. Phys. 21 (2021) 14275-14291
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Formation of Highly Oxygenated Organic Molecules from $\alpha$-Pinene Ozonolysis: Chemical Characteristics, Mechanism, and Kinetic Model Development
/ Molteni, Ugo (PSI, Villigen) ; Simon, Mario (Frankfurt U.) ; Heinritzi, Martin (Frankfurt U.) ; Hoyle, Christopher R (PSI, Villigen) ; Bernhammer, Anne-Kathrin (Ionicon GesmbH, Innsbruck) ; Bianchi, Federico (Helsinki U.) ; Breitenlechner, Martin (Innsbruck U.) ; Brilke, Sophia (Frankfurt U.) ; Dias, António (Lisbon U.) ; Duplissy, Jonathan (Helsinki U. ; Helsinki Inst. of Phys.) et al.
Terpenes are emitted by vegetation, and their oxidation in the
atmosphere is an important source of secondary organic aerosol (SOA). A part of
this oxidation can proceed through an autoxidation process, yielding highly
oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs) with low saturation vapor pressure. [...]
2019 - 11 p.
- Published in : ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 3 (2019) 873-883
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