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Volume 16, issue 8

18 Apr 2016

Precipitation and synoptic regime in two extreme years 2009 and 2010 at Dome C, Antarctica – implications for ice core interpretation

Elisabeth Schlosser, Barbara Stenni, Mauro Valt, Anselmo Cagnati, Jordan G. Powers, Kevin W. Manning, Marilyn Raphael, and Michael G. Duda

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4757–4770, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4757-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4757-2016, 2016

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18 Apr 2016

Attribution of atmospheric sulfur dioxide over the English Channel to dimethyl sulfide and changing ship emissions

Mingxi Yang, Thomas G. Bell, Frances E. Hopkins, and Timothy J. Smyth

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4771–4783, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4771-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4771-2016, 2016

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19 Apr 2016

Introduction: Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)

S. T. Martin, P. Artaxo, L. A. T. Machado, A. O. Manzi, R. A. F. Souza, C. Schumacher, J. Wang, M. O. Andreae, H. M. J. Barbosa, J. Fan, G. Fisch, A. H. Goldstein, A. Guenther, J. L. Jimenez, U. Pöschl, M. A. Silva Dias, J. N. Smith, and M. Wendisch

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4785–4797, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4785-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4785-2016, 2016

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19 Apr 2016

Characteristics of gravity waves generated in the jet-front system in a baroclinic instability simulation

Young-Ha Kim, Hye-Yeong Chun, Sang-Hun Park, In-Sun Song, and Hyun-Joo Choi

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4799–4815, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4799-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4799-2016, 2016

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19 Apr 2016

Modeling and measurements of urban aerosol processes on the neighborhood scale in Rotterdam, Oslo and Helsinki

Matthias Karl, Jaakko Kukkonen, Menno P. Keuken, Susanne Lützenkirchen, Liisa Pirjola, and Tareq Hussein

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4817–4835, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4817-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4817-2016, 2016

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19 Apr 2016

Influence of tropical cyclones on tropospheric ozone: possible implications

Siddarth Shankar Das, Madineni Venkat Ratnam, Kizhathur Narasimhan Uma, Kandula Venkata Subrahmanyam, Imran Asatar Girach, Amit Kumar Patra, Sundaresan Aneesh, Kuniyil Viswanathan Suneeth, Karanam Kishore Kumar, Amit Parashuram Kesarkar, Sivarajan Sijikumar, and Geetha Ramkumar

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4837–4847, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4837-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4837-2016, 2016

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20 Apr 2016

Source apportionment of ambient particle number concentrations in central Los Angeles using positive matrix factorization (PMF)

Mohammad Hossein Sowlat, Sina Hasheminassab, and Constantinos Sioutas

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4849–4866, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4849-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4849-2016, 2016

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20 Apr 2016

Chemical and meteorological influences on the lifetime of NO₃ at a semi-rural mountain site during PARADE

N. Sobanski, M. J. Tang, J. Thieser, G. Schuster, D. Pöhler, H. Fischer, W. Song, C. Sauvage, J. Williams, J. Fachinger, F. Berkes, P. Hoor, U. Platt, J. Lelieveld, and J. N. Crowley

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4867–4883, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4867-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4867-2016, 2016

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20 Apr 2016

Influence of the sudden stratospheric warming on quasi-2-day waves

Sheng-Yang Gu, Han-Li Liu, Xiankang Dou, and Tao Li

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4885–4896, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4885-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4885-2016, 2016

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21 Apr 2016

Assessing the impact of anthropogenic pollution on isoprene-derived secondary organic aerosol formation in PM_2.5 collected from the Birmingham, Alabama, ground site during the 2013 Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study

Weruka Rattanavaraha, Kevin Chu, Sri Hapsari Budisulistiorini, Matthieu Riva, Ying-Hsuan Lin, Eric S. Edgerton, Karsten Baumann, Stephanie L. Shaw, Hongyu Guo, Laura King, Rodney J. Weber, Miranda E. Neff, Elizabeth A. Stone, John H. Offenberg, Zhenfa Zhang, Avram Gold, and Jason D. Surratt

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4897–4914, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4897-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4897-2016, 2016

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21 Apr 2016

First continuous ground-based observations of long period oscillations in the vertically resolved wind field of the stratosphere and mesosphere

Rolf Rüfenacht, Klemens Hocke, and Niklaus Kämpfer

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4915–4925, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4915-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4915-2016, 2016

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21 Apr 2016

The impact of monthly variation of the Pacific–North America (PNA) teleconnection pattern on wintertime surface-layer aerosol concentrations in the United States

Jin Feng, Hong Liao, and Jianping Li

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4927–4943, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4927-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4927-2016, 2016

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21 Apr 2016

Comparing model and measured ice crystal concentrations in orographic clouds during the INUPIAQ campaign

Robert J. Farrington, Paul J. Connolly, Gary Lloyd, Keith N. Bower, Michael J. Flynn, Martin W. Gallagher, Paul R. Field, Chris Dearden, and Thomas W. Choularton

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4945–4966, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4945-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4945-2016, 2016

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21 Apr 2016

Forecasting the northern African dust outbreak towards Europe in April 2011: a model intercomparison

N. Huneeus, S. Basart, S. Fiedler, J.-J. Morcrette, A. Benedetti, J. Mulcahy, E. Terradellas, C. Pérez García-Pando, G. Pejanovic, S. Nickovic, P. Arsenovic, M. Schulz, E. Cuevas, J. M. Baldasano, J. Pey, S. Remy, and B. Cvetkovic

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4967–4986, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4967-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4967-2016, 2016

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22 Apr 2016

Aerosol optical properties in the southeastern United States in summer – Part 1: Hygroscopic growth

Charles A. Brock, Nicholas L. Wagner, Bruce E. Anderson, Alexis R. Attwood, Andreas Beyersdorf, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Annmarie G. Carlton, Douglas A. Day, Glenn S. Diskin, Timothy D. Gordon, Jose L. Jimenez, Daniel A. Lack, Jin Liao, Milos Z. Markovic, Ann M. Middlebrook, Nga L. Ng, Anne E. Perring, Matthews S. Richardson, Joshua P. Schwarz, Rebecca A. Washenfelder, Andre Welti, Lu Xu, Luke D. Ziemba, and Daniel M. Murphy

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4987–5007, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4987-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4987-2016, 2016

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22 Apr 2016

Aerosol optical properties in the southeastern United States in summer – Part 2: Sensitivity of aerosol optical depth to relative humidity and aerosol parameters

Charles A. Brock, Nicholas L. Wagner, Bruce E. Anderson, Andreas Beyersdorf, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Douglas A. Day, Glenn S. Diskin, Timothy D. Gordon, Jose L. Jimenez, Daniel A. Lack, Jin Liao, Milos Z. Markovic, Ann M. Middlebrook, Anne E. Perring, Matthews S. Richardson, Joshua P. Schwarz, Andre Welti, Luke D. Ziemba, and Daniel M. Murphy

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5009–5019, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5009-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5009-2016, 2016

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22 Apr 2016

Comparison of VLT/X-shooter OH and O₂ rotational temperatures with consideration of TIMED/SABER emission and temperature profiles

Stefan Noll, Wolfgang Kausch, Stefan Kimeswenger, Stefanie Unterguggenberger, and Amy M. Jones

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5021–5042, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5021-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5021-2016, 2016

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22 Apr 2016

Inverse modeling of GOSAT-retrieved ratios of total column CH₄ and CO₂ for 2009 and 2010

Sudhanshu Pandey, Sander Houweling, Maarten Krol, Ilse Aben, Frédéric Chevallier, Edward J. Dlugokencky, Luciana V. Gatti, Emanuel Gloor, John B. Miller, Rob Detmers, Toshinobu Machida, and Thomas Röckmann

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5043–5062, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5043-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5043-2016, 2016

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22 Apr 2016

Aerosol optical depth trend over the Middle East

Klaus Klingmüller, Andrea Pozzer, Swen Metzger, Georgiy L. Stenchikov, and Jos Lelieveld

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5063–5073, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5063-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5063-2016, 2016

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25 Apr 2016

Resolving ice cloud optical thickness biases between CALIOP and MODIS using infrared retrievals

Robert E. Holz, Steven Platnick, Kerry Meyer, Mark Vaughan, Andrew Heidinger, Ping Yang, Gala Wind, Steven Dutcher, Steven Ackerman, Nandana Amarasinghe, Fredrick Nagle, and Chenxi Wang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5075–5090, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5075-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5075-2016, 2016

25 Apr 2016

Cloud chamber experiments on the origin of ice crystal complexity in cirrus clouds

Martin Schnaiter, Emma Järvinen, Paul Vochezer, Ahmed Abdelmonem, Robert Wagner, Olivier Jourdan, Guillaume Mioche, Valery N. Shcherbakov, Carl G. Schmitt, Ugo Tricoli, Zbigniew Ulanowski, and Andrew J. Heymsfield

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5091–5110, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5091-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5091-2016, 2016

25 Apr 2016

An overview of the first decade of Polly^NET: an emerging network of automated Raman-polarization lidars for continuous aerosol profiling

Holger Baars, Thomas Kanitz, Ronny Engelmann, Dietrich Althausen, Birgit Heese, Mika Komppula, Jana Preißler, Matthias Tesche, Albert Ansmann, Ulla Wandinger, Jae-Hyun Lim, Joon Young Ahn, Iwona S. Stachlewska, Vassilis Amiridis, Eleni Marinou, Patric Seifert, Julian Hofer, Annett Skupin, Florian Schneider, Stephanie Bohlmann, Andreas Foth, Sebastian Bley, Anne Pfüller, Eleni Giannakaki, Heikki Lihavainen, Yrjö Viisanen, Rakesh Kumar Hooda, Sérgio Nepomuceno Pereira, Daniele Bortoli, Frank Wagner, Ina Mattis, Lucja Janicka, Krzysztof M. Markowicz, Peggy Achtert, Paulo Artaxo, Theotonio Pauliquevis, Rodrigo A. F. Souza, Ved Prakesh Sharma, Pieter Gideon van Zyl, Johan Paul Beukes, Junying Sun, Erich G. Rohwer, Ruru Deng, Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri, and Felix Zamorano

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5111–5137, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5111-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5111-2016, 2016

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25 Apr 2016

Investigating the source, transport, and isotope composition of water vapor in the planetary boundary layer

Timothy J. Griffis, Jeffrey D. Wood, John M. Baker, Xuhui Lee, Ke Xiao, Zichong Chen, Lisa R. Welp, Natalie M. Schultz, Galen Gorski, Ming Chen, and John Nieber

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5139–5157, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5139-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5139-2016, 2016

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25 Apr 2016

The relationship between anthropogenic dust and population over global semi-arid regions

Xiaodan Guan, Jianping Huang, Yanting Zhang, Yongkun Xie, and Jingjing Liu

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5159–5169, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5159-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5159-2016, 2016

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26 Apr 2016

Seasonal characterization of submicron aerosol chemical composition and organic aerosol sources in the southeastern United States: Atlanta, Georgia,and Look Rock, Tennessee

Sri Hapsari Budisulistiorini, Karsten Baumann, Eric S. Edgerton, Solomon T. Bairai, Stephen Mueller, Stephanie L. Shaw, Eladio M. Knipping, Avram Gold, and Jason D. Surratt

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5171–5189, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5171-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5171-2016, 2016

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26 Apr 2016

Biogenic, anthropogenic and sea salt sulfate size-segregated aerosols in the Arctic summer

Roya Ghahreman, Ann-Lise Norman, Jonathan P. D. Abbatt, Maurice Levasseur, and Jennie L. Thomas

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5191–5202, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5191-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5191-2016, 2016

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27 Apr 2016

Observed correlations between aerosol and cloud properties in an Indian Ocean trade cumulus regime

Kristina Pistone, Puppala S. Praveen, Rick M. Thomas, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Eric M. Wilcox, and Frida A.-M. Bender

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5203–5227, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5203-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5203-2016, 2016

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27 Apr 2016

Downscaling surface wind predictions from numerical weather prediction models in complex terrain with WindNinja

Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Jason M. Forthofer, Brian K. Lamb, Kyle S. Shannon, and Bret W. Butler

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5229–5241, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5229-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5229-2016, 2016

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27 Apr 2016

Future vegetation–climate interactions in Eastern Siberia: an assessment of the competing effects of CO₂ and secondary organic aerosols

Almut Arneth, Risto Makkonen, Stefan Olin, Pauli Paasonen, Thomas Holst, Maija K. Kajos, Markku Kulmala, Trofim Maximov, Paul A. Miller, and Guy Schurgers

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5243–5262, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5243-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5243-2016, 2016

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27 Apr 2016

Dicarboxylic acids, oxoacids, benzoic acid, α-dicarbonyls, WSOC, OC, and ions in spring aerosols from Okinawa Island in the western North Pacific Rim: size distributions and formation processes

Dhananjay K. Deshmukh, Kimitaka Kawamura, Manuel Lazaar, Bhagawati Kunwar, and Suresh K. R. Boreddy

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5263–5282, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5263-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5263-2016, 2016

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28 Apr 2016

NO_x lifetimes and emissions of cities and power plants in polluted background estimated by satellite observations

Fei Liu, Steffen Beirle, Qiang Zhang, Steffen Dörner, Kebin He, and Thomas Wagner

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5283–5298, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5283-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5283-2016, 2016

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28 Apr 2016

The rate of equilibration of viscous aerosol particles

Simon O'Meara, David O. Topping, and Gordon McFiggans

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5299–5313, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5299-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5299-2016, 2016

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28 Apr 2016

Comparison of eddy covariance and modified Bowen ratio methods for measuring gas fluxes and implications for measuring fluxes of persistent organic pollutants

Damien Johann Bolinius, Annika Jahnke, and Matthew MacLeod

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5315–5322, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5315-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5315-2016, 2016

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28 Apr 2016

Potential impact of a US climate policy and air quality regulations on future air quality and climate change

Yunha Lee, Drew T. Shindell, Greg Faluvegi, and Rob W. Pinder

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5323–5342, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5323-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5323-2016, 2016

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28 Apr 2016

Are BVOC exchanges in agricultural ecosystems overestimated? Insights from fluxes measured in a maize field over a whole growing season

Aurélie Bachy, Marc Aubinet, Niels Schoon, Crist Amelynck, Bernard Bodson, Christine Moureaux, and Bernard Heinesch

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5343–5356, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5343-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5343-2016, 2016

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29 Apr 2016

Seasonal variability of PM_2.5 composition and sources in the Klang Valley urban-industrial environment

Norhaniza Amil, Mohd Talib Latif, Md Firoz Khan, and Maznorizan Mohamad

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5357–5381, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5357-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5357-2016, 2016

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29 Apr 2016

Investigating Alaskan methane and carbon dioxide fluxes using measurements from the CARVE tower

Anna Karion, Colm Sweeney, John B. Miller, Arlyn E. Andrews, Roisin Commane, Steven Dinardo, John M. Henderson, Jacob Lindaas, John C. Lin, Kristina A. Luus, Tim Newberger, Pieter Tans, Steven C. Wofsy, Sonja Wolter, and Charles E. Miller

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5383–5398, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5383-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5383-2016, 2016

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29 Apr 2016

Size distribution and mixing state of black carbon particles during a heavy air pollution episode in Shanghai

Xianda Gong, Ci Zhang, Hong Chen, Sergey A. Nizkorodov, Jianmin Chen, and Xin Yang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5399–5411, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5399-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5399-2016, 2016

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02 May 2016

Impacts of organic aerosols and its oxidation level on CCN activity from measurement at a suburban site in China

Fang Zhang, Zhanqing Li, Yanan Li, Yele Sun, Zhenzhu Wang, Ping Li, Li Sun, Pucai Wang, Maureen Cribb, Chuanfeng Zhao, Tianyi Fan, Xin Yang, and Qingqing Wang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5413–5425, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5413-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5413-2016, 2016

02 May 2016

Influences of emission sources and meteorology on aerosol chemistry in a polluted urban environment: results from DISCOVER-AQ California

Dominique E. Young, Hwajin Kim, Caroline Parworth, Shan Zhou, Xiaolu Zhang, Christopher D. Cappa, Roger Seco, Saewung Kim, and Qi Zhang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5427–5451, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5427-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5427-2016, 2016

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02 May 2016

Determination of primary combustion source organic carbon-to-elemental carbon (OC / EC) ratio using ambient OC and EC measurements: secondary OC-EC correlation minimization method

Cheng Wu and Jian Zhen Yu

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5453–5465, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5453-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5453-2016, 2016

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02 May 2016

The global tropospheric ammonia distribution as seen in the 13-year AIRS measurement record

Juying X. Warner, Zigang Wei, L. Larrabee Strow, Russell R. Dickerson, and John B. Nowak

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5467–5479, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5467-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5467-2016, 2016

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