Simulation of atmospheric organic aerosol using its volatility–oxygen-content distribution during the PEGASOS 2012 campaign

Karnezi, Eleni; Murphy, Benjamin N.; Poulain, Laurent; Herrmann, Hartmut; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Rubach, Florian; Kiendler-Scharr, Astrid; Mentel, Thomas F.; Pandis, Spyros N.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10759-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10759-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10759-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 14

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27 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 27 Jul 2018

Simulation of atmospheric organic aerosol using its volatility–oxygen-content distribution during the PEGASOS 2012 campaign

Eleni Karnezi, Benjamin N. Murphy, Laurent Poulain, Hartmut Herrmann, Alfred Wiedensohler, Florian Rubach, Astrid Kiendler-Scharr, Thomas F. Mentel, and Spyros N. Pandis

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RC1: 'Review of Karnezi et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #1', Spyros Pandis, 17 May 2018
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Mar 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #2', Spyros Pandis, 17 May 2018

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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 Jul 2018)

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Different parameterizations of the organic aerosol (OA) formation and evolution are evaluated using ground and airborne measurements collected in the 2012 PEGASOS field campaign in the Po Valley (Italy). Total OA concentration and O : C ratios were reproduced within experimental error by a number of schemes. Anthropogenic secondary OA (SOA) contributed 15–25 % of the total OA, 20–35 % of SOA from intermediate volatility compounds oxidation, and 15–45 % of biogenic SOA depending on the scheme.