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Airborne and ground-based observations of ammonium-nitrate-dominated aerosols in a shallow boundary layer during intense winter pollution episodes in northern Utah
Alessandro Franchin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Chemical Sciences
Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Dorothy L. Fibiger
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Chemical Sciences
Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
now at: California Air Resources Board, Monitoring and
Laboratory Division, Sacramento, CA 95811, USA
Lexie Goldberger
University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
Seattle, WA 98195, USA
now at: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354,
USA
Erin E. McDuffie
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Chemical Sciences
Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Alexander Moravek
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6,
Canada
Caroline C. Womack
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Chemical Sciences
Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Erik T. Crosman
University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake
City, UT 84112, USA
Kenneth S. Docherty
Jacobs Technology, Inc., RTP, NC 27709, Durham, NC 27709, USA
William P. Dube
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Chemical Sciences
Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Sebastian W. Hoch
University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake
City, UT 84112, USA
Ben H. Lee
University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Russell Long
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Durham, NC 27709, USA
Jennifer G. Murphy
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6,
Canada
Joel A. Thornton
University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Steven S. Brown
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Chemical Sciences
Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Munkhbayar Baasandorj
University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake
City, UT 84112, USA
Ann M. Middlebrook
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Chemical Sciences
Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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We present the results of aerosol and trace gas measurements from airborne and ground-based platforms. The measurements took place in January–February 2017 in northern Utah as part of the Utah Winter Fine Particulate Study (UWFPS). We characterized the chemical composition of PM1 on a regional scale, also probing the vertical dimension. We used a thermodynamic model to study the effectiveness of limiting total ammonium or total nitrate as a strategy to control aerosol concentrations.
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