doi:https://doi.org/

Volume 16, issue 3

03 Feb 2016

High-resolution inventory of ammonia emissions from agricultural fertilizer in China from 1978 to 2008

P. Xu, Y. J. Liao, Y. H. Lin, C. X. Zhao, C. H. Yan, M. N. Cao, G. S. Wang, and S. J. Luan

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1207–1218, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1207-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1207-2016, 2016

Short summary

03 Feb 2016

On the radiative impact of aerosols on photolysis rates: comparison of simulations and observations in the Lampedusa island during the ChArMEx/ADRIMED campaign

S. Mailler, L. Menut, A. G. di Sarra, S. Becagli, T. Di Iorio, B. Bessagnet, R. Briant, P. Formenti, J.-F. Doussin, J. L. Gómez-Amo, M. Mallet, G. Rea, G. Siour, D. M. Sferlazzo, R. Traversi, R. Udisti, and S. Turquety

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1219–1244, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1219-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1219-2016, 2016

Short summary

03 Feb 2016

Constraining condensed-phase formation kinetics of secondary organic aerosol components from isoprene epoxydiols

T. P. Riedel, Y.-H. Lin, Z. Zhang, K. Chu, J. A. Thornton, W. Vizuete, A. Gold, and J. D. Surratt

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1245–1254, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1245-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1245-2016, 2016

Short summary

03 Feb 2016

Evaluation of VIIRS, GOCI, and MODIS Collection 6 AOD retrievals against ground sunphotometer observations over East Asia

Q. Xiao, H. Zhang, M. Choi, S. Li, S. Kondragunta, J. Kim, B. Holben, R. C. Levy, and Y. Liu

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1255–1269, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1255-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1255-2016, 2016

Short summary

03 Feb 2016

Aerosol size distribution seasonal characteristics measured in Tiksi, Russian Arctic

E. Asmi, V. Kondratyev, D. Brus, T. Laurila, H. Lihavainen, J. Backman, V. Vakkari, M. Aurela, J. Hatakka, Y. Viisanen, T. Uttal, V. Ivakhov, and A. Makshtas

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1271–1287, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1271-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1271-2016, 2016

Short summary

04 Feb 2016

Estimates of European uptake of CO₂ inferred from GOSAT X_CO₂ retrievals: sensitivity to measurement bias inside and outside Europe

L. Feng, P. I. Palmer, R. J. Parker, N. M. Deutscher, D. G. Feist, R. Kivi, I. Morino, and R. Sussmann

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1289–1302, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1289-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1289-2016, 2016

Short summary

05 Feb 2016

Observed high-altitude warming and snow cover retreat over Tibet and the Himalayas enhanced by black carbon aerosols

Y. Xu, V. Ramanathan, and W. M. Washington

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1303–1315, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1303-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1303-2016, 2016

Short summary

05 Feb 2016

Seasonal variations of ultra-fine and submicron aerosols in Taipei, Taiwan: implications for particle formation processes in a subtropical urban area

H. C. Cheung, C. C.-K. Chou, M.-J. Chen, W.-R. Huang, S.-H. Huang, C.-Y. Tsai, and C. S. L. Lee

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1317–1330, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1317-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1317-2016, 2016

Short summary

08 Feb 2016

On the long-term impact of emissions from central European cities on regional air quality

P. Huszar, M. Belda, and T. Halenka

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1331–1352, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1331-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1331-2016, 2016

Short summary

08 Feb 2016

PLAM – a meteorological pollution index for air quality and its applications in fog-haze forecasts in North China

Y. Q. Yang, J. Z. Wang, S. L. Gong, X. Y. Zhang, H. Wang, Y. Q. Wang, J. Wang, D. Li, and J. P. Guo

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1353–1364, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1353-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1353-2016, 2016

Short summary

08 Feb 2016

Climate modulation of the Tibetan Plateau on haze in China

X. Xu, T. Zhao, F. Liu, S. L. Gong, D. Kristovich, C. Lu, Y. Guo, X. Cheng, Y. Wang, and G. Ding

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1365–1375, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1365-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1365-2016, 2016

Short summary

08 Feb 2016

Observed spatiotemporal variability of boundary-layer turbulence over flat, heterogeneous terrain

V. Maurer, N. Kalthoff, A. Wieser, M. Kohler, M. Mauder, and L. Gantner

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1377–1400, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1377-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1377-2016, 2016

Short summary

08 Feb 2016

Oil and gas impacts on air quality in federal lands in the Bakken region: an overview of the Bakken Air Quality Study and first results

A. J. Prenni, D. E. Day, A. R. Evanoski-Cole, B. C. Sive, A. Hecobian, Y. Zhou, K. A. Gebhart, J. L. Hand, A. P. Sullivan, Y. Li, M. I. Schurman, Y. Desyaterik, W. C. Malm, J. L. Collett Jr., and B. A. Schichtel

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1401–1416, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1401-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1401-2016, 2016

Short summary

08 Feb 2016

Impact of chamber wall loss of gaseous organic compounds on secondary organic aerosol formation: explicit modeling of SOA formation from alkane and alkene oxidation

Y. S. La, M. Camredon, P. J. Ziemann, R. Valorso, A. Matsunaga, V. Lannuque, J. Lee-Taylor, A. Hodzic, S. Madronich, and B. Aumont

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1417–1431, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1417-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1417-2016, 2016

Short summary

09 Feb 2016

Light absorption of brown carbon aerosol in the PRD region of China

J.-F. Yuan, X.-F. Huang, L.-M. Cao, J. Cui, Q. Zhu, C.-N. Huang, Z.-J. Lan, and L.-Y. He

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1433–1443, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1433-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1433-2016, 2016

Short summary

09 Feb 2016

How to most effectively expand the global surface ozone observing network

E. D. Sofen, D. Bowdalo, and M. J. Evans

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1445–1457, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1445-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1445-2016, 2016

Short summary

09 Feb 2016

Sensitivity of nitrate aerosols to ammonia emissions and to nitrate chemistry: implications for present and future nitrate optical depth

F. Paulot, P. Ginoux, W. F. Cooke, L. J. Donner, S. Fan, M.-Y. Lin, J. Mao, V. Naik, and L. W. Horowitz

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1459–1477, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1459-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1459-2016, 2016

Short summary

10 Feb 2016

Stratospheric sulfate geoengineering could enhance the terrestrial photosynthesis rate

L. Xia, A. Robock, S. Tilmes, and R. R. Neely III

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1479–1489, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1479-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1479-2016, 2016

Short summary

10 Feb 2016

Effects of mineral dust on global atmospheric nitrate concentrations

V. A. Karydis, A. P. Tsimpidi, A. Pozzer, M. Astitha, and J. Lelieveld

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1491–1509, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1491-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1491-2016, 2016

Short summary

10 Feb 2016

Origin of oxidized mercury in the summertime free troposphere over the southeastern US

V. Shah, L. Jaeglé, L. E. Gratz, J. L. Ambrose, D. A. Jaffe, N. E. Selin, S. Song, T. L. Campos, F. M. Flocke, M. Reeves, D. Stechman, M. Stell, J. Festa, J. Stutz, A. J. Weinheimer, D. J. Knapp, D. D. Montzka, G. S. Tyndall, E. C. Apel, R. S. Hornbrook, A. J. Hills, D. D. Riemer, N. J. Blake, C. A. Cantrell, and R. L. Mauldin III

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1511–1530, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1511-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1511-2016, 2016

Short summary

10 Feb 2016

Pesticides in the atmosphere: a comparison of gas-particle partitioning and particle size distribution of legacy and current-use pesticides

C. Degrendele, K. Okonski, L. Melymuk, L. Landlová, P. Kukučka, O. Audy, J. Kohoutek, P. Čupr, and J. Klánová

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1531–1544, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1531-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1531-2016, 2016

Short summary

10 Feb 2016

Observations of surface momentum exchange over the marginal ice zone and recommendations for its parametrisation

A. D. Elvidge, I. A. Renfrew, A. I. Weiss, I. M. Brooks, T. A. Lachlan-Cope, and J. C. King

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1545–1563, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1545-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1545-2016, 2016

Short summary

11 Feb 2016

Remote sensing of soot carbon – Part 1: Distinguishing different absorbing aerosol species

G. L. Schuster, O. Dubovik, and A. Arola

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1565–1585, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1565-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1565-2016, 2016

Short summary

11 Feb 2016

Remote sensing of soot carbon – Part 2: Understanding the absorption Ångström exponent

G. L. Schuster, O. Dubovik, A. Arola, T. F. Eck, and B. N. Holben

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1587–1602, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1587-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1587-2016, 2016

Short summary

11 Feb 2016

Aqueous-phase mechanism for secondary organic aerosol formation from isoprene: application to the southeast United States and co-benefit of SO₂ emission controls

E. A. Marais, D. J. Jacob, J. L. Jimenez, P. Campuzano-Jost, D. A. Day, W. Hu, J. Krechmer, L. Zhu, P. S. Kim, C. C. Miller, J. A. Fisher, K. Travis, K. Yu, T. F. Hanisco, G. M. Wolfe, H. L. Arkinson, H. O. T. Pye, K. D. Froyd, J. Liao, and V. F. McNeill

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1603–1618, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1603-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1603-2016, 2016

Short summary

11 Feb 2016

OH reactivity and concentrations of biogenic volatile organic compounds in a Mediterranean forest of downy oak trees

N. Zannoni, V. Gros, M. Lanza, R. Sarda, B. Bonsang, C. Kalogridis, S. Preunkert, M. Legrand, C. Jambert, C. Boissard, and J. Lathiere

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1619–1636, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1619-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1619-2016, 2016

Short summary

11 Feb 2016

Size-resolved measurements of ice-nucleating particles at six locations in North America and one in Europe

R. H. Mason, M. Si, C. Chou, V. E. Irish, R. Dickie, P. Elizondo, R. Wong, M. Brintnell, M. Elsasser, W. M. Lassar, K. M. Pierce, W. R. Leaitch, A. M. MacDonald, A. Platt, D. Toom-Sauntry, R. Sarda-Estève, C. L. Schiller, K. J. Suski, T. C. J. Hill, J. P. D. Abbatt, J. A. Huffman, P. J. DeMott, and A. K. Bertram

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1637–1651, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1637-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1637-2016, 2016

12 Feb 2016

Ability of the 4-D-Var analysis of the GOSAT BESD XCO₂ retrievals to characterize atmospheric CO₂ at large and synoptic scales

Sébastien Massart, Anna Agustí-Panareda, Jens Heymann, Michael Buchwitz, Frédéric Chevallier, Maximilian Reuter, Michael Hilker, John P. Burrows, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Dietrich G. Feist, Frank Hase, Ralf Sussmann, Filip Desmet, Manvendra K. Dubey, David W. T. Griffith, Rigel Kivi, Christof Petri, Matthias Schneider, and Voltaire A. Velazco

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1653–1671, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1653-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1653-2016, 2016

Short summary

12 Feb 2016

Modeling study of the 2010 regional haze event in the North China Plain

M. Gao, G. R. Carmichael, Y. Wang, P. E. Saide, M. Yu, J. Xin, Z. Liu, and Z. Wang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1673–1691, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1673-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1673-2016, 2016

Short summary

12 Feb 2016

Aqueous phase oxidation of sulphur dioxide by ozone in cloud droplets

C. R. Hoyle, C. Fuchs, E. Järvinen, H. Saathoff, A. Dias, I. El Haddad, M. Gysel, S. C. Coburn, J. Tröstl, A.-K. Bernhammer, F. Bianchi, M. Breitenlechner, J. C. Corbin, J. Craven, N. M. Donahue, J. Duplissy, S. Ehrhart, C. Frege, H. Gordon, N. Höppel, M. Heinritzi, T. B. Kristensen, U. Molteni, L. Nichman, T. Pinterich, A. S. H. Prévôt, M. Simon, J. G. Slowik, G. Steiner, A. Tomé, A. L. Vogel, R. Volkamer, A. C. Wagner, R. Wagner, A. S. Wexler, C. Williamson, P. M. Winkler, C. Yan, A. Amorim, J. Dommen, J. Curtius, M. W. Gallagher, R. C. Flagan, A. Hansel, J. Kirkby, M. Kulmala, O. Möhler, F. Stratmann, D. R. Worsnop, and U. Baltensperger

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1693–1712, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1693-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1693-2016, 2016

Short summary

15 Feb 2016

Continuous measurements at the urban roadside in an Asian megacity by Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM): particulate matter characteristics during fall and winter seasons in Hong Kong

C. Sun, B. P. Lee, D. Huang, Y. Jie Li, M. I. Schurman, P. K. K. Louie, C. Luk, and C. K. Chan

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1713–1728, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1713-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1713-2016, 2016

Short summary

15 Feb 2016

What do correlations tell us about anthropogenic–biogenic interactions and SOA formation in the Sacramento plume during CARES?

L. Kleinman, C. Kuang, A. Sedlacek, G. Senum, S. Springston, J. Wang, Q. Zhang, J. Jayne, J. Fast, J. Hubbe, J. Shilling, and R. Zaveri

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1729–1746, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1729-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1729-2016, 2016

Short summary

15 Feb 2016

Secondary organic aerosol formation from isoprene photooxidation during cloud condensation–evaporation cycles

L. Brégonzio-Rozier, C. Giorio, F. Siekmann, E. Pangui, S. B. Morales, B. Temime-Roussel, A. Gratien, V. Michoud, M. Cazaunau, H. L. DeWitt, A. Tapparo, A. Monod, and J.-F. Doussin

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1747–1760, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1747-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1747-2016, 2016

Short summary

15 Feb 2016

Hydroxyl radicals from secondary organic aerosol decomposition in water

Haijie Tong, Andrea M. Arangio, Pascale S. J. Lakey, Thomas Berkemeier, Fobang Liu, Christopher J. Kampf, William H. Brune, Ulrich Pöschl, and Manabu Shiraiwa

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1761–1771, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1761-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1761-2016, 2016

Short summary

15 Feb 2016

An exemplary case of a bromine explosion event linked to cyclone development in the Arctic

A.-M. Blechschmidt, A. Richter, J. P. Burrows, L. Kaleschke, K. Strong, N. Theys, M. Weber, X. Zhao, and A. Zien

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1773–1788, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1773-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1773-2016, 2016

Short summary

16 Feb 2016

Aerosol optical properties derived from the DRAGON-NE Asia campaign, and implications for a single-channel algorithm to retrieve aerosol optical depth in spring from Meteorological Imager (MI) on-board the Communication, Ocean, and Meteorological Satellite (COMS)

M. Kim, J. Kim, U. Jeong, W. Kim, H. Hong, B. Holben, T. F. Eck, J. H. Lim, C. K. Song, S. Lee, and C.-Y. Chung

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1789–1808, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1789-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1789-2016, 2016

Short summary

16 Feb 2016

Impact of an improved WRF urban canopy model on diurnal air temperature simulation over northern Taiwan

Chuan-Yao Lin, Chiung-Jui Su, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Yuko Akimoto, Yang-Fan Sheng, Jr-Chuan Huang, and Huang-Hsiung Hsu

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1809–1822, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1809-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1809-2016, 2016

Short summary

17 Feb 2016

Evaluation of the size segregation of elemental carbon (EC) emission in Europe: influence on the simulation of EC long-range transportation

Ying Chen, Ya-Fang Cheng, Stephan Nordmann, Wolfram Birmili, Hugo A. C. Denier van der Gon, Nan Ma, Ralf Wolke, Birgit Wehner, Jia Sun, Gerald Spindler, Qing Mu, Ulrich Pöschl, Hang Su, and Alfred Wiedensohler

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1823–1835, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1823-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1823-2016, 2016

Short summary

17 Feb 2016

Organic peroxides' gas-particle partitioning and rapid heterogeneous decomposition on secondary organic aerosol

Huan Li, Zhongming Chen, Liubin Huang, and Dao Huang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1837–1848, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1837-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1837-2016, 2016

Short summary

17 Feb 2016

Drizzle formation in stratocumulus clouds: effects of turbulent mixing

L. Magaritz-Ronen, M. Pinsky, and A. Khain

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1849–1862, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1849-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1849-2016, 2016

Short summary