SOA formation from the photooxidation of <i>α</i>-pinene: systematic exploration of the simulation of chamber data

McVay, Renee C.; Zhang, Xuan; Aumont, Bernard; Valorso, Richard; Camredon, Marie; La, Yuyi S.; Wennberg, Paul O.; Seinfeld, John H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2785-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2785-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2785-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

Research article

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04 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 04 Mar 2016

SOA formation from the photooxidation of α-pinene: systematic exploration of the simulation of chamber data

Renee C. McVay, Xuan Zhang, Bernard Aumont, Richard Valorso, Marie Camredon, Yuyi S. La, Paul O. Wennberg, and John H. Seinfeld

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RC C10733: 'Review of acpd-15-33161-2015', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Dec 2015
- AC C12495: 'Author response to Anonymous Referee #1', Renee McVay, 17 Feb 2016
RC C12167: 'Review McVay et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Feb 2016
- AC C12496: 'Author response to Anonymous Referee #2', Renee McVay, 17 Feb 2016

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Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) affects climate change, human health, and cloud formation. We examine SOA formation from the biogenic hydrocarbon α-pinene and observe unexpected experimental results that run contrary to model predictions. Various processes are explored via modeling to rationalize the observations. The paper identifies the importance of further constraining via experiments various steps in the chemical mechanism in order to accurately predict SOA worldwide.