Volume 18, issue 3

Volume 18, issue 3

02 Feb 2018
Assessing the ability to derive rates of polar middle-atmospheric descent using trace gas measurements from remote sensors
Niall J. Ryan, Douglas E. Kinnison, Rolando R. Garcia, Christoph G. Hoffmann, Mathias Palm, Uwe Raffalski, and Justus Notholt
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1457–1474, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1457-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1457-2018, 2018
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02 Feb 2018
Relating large-scale subsidence to convection development in Arctic mixed-phase marine stratocumulus
Gillian Young, Paul J. Connolly, Christopher Dearden, and Thomas W. Choularton
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1475–1494, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1475-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1475-2018, 2018
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02 Feb 2018
Aerosol characteristics in the entrainment interface layer in relation to the marine boundary layer and free troposphere
Hossein Dadashazar, Rachel A. Braun, Ewan Crosbie, Patrick Y. Chuang, Roy K. Woods, Haflidi H. Jonsson, and Armin Sorooshian
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1495–1506, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1495-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1495-2018, 2018
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02 Feb 2018
Modelling the physical multiphase interactions of HNO3 between snow and air on the Antarctic Plateau (Dome C) and coast (Halley)
Hoi Ga Chan, Markus M. Frey, and Martin D. King
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1507–1534, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1507-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1507-2018, 2018
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02 Feb 2018
Investigations of temporal and spatial distribution of precursors SO2 and NO2 vertical columns in the North China Plain using mobile DOAS
Fengcheng Wu, Pinhua Xie, Ang Li, Fusheng Mou, Hao Chen, Yi Zhu, Tong Zhu, Jianguo Liu, and Wenqing Liu
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1535–1554, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1535-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1535-2018, 2018
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02 Feb 2018
Air quality modelling in the summer over the eastern Mediterranean using WRF-Chem: chemistry and aerosol mechanism intercomparison
George K. Georgiou, Theodoros Christoudias, Yiannis Proestos, Jonilda Kushta, Panos Hadjinicolaou, and Jos Lelieveld
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1555–1571, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1555-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1555-2018, 2018
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05 Feb 2018
Two decades of satellite observations of AOD over mainland China using ATSR-2, AATSR and MODIS/Terra: data set evaluation and large-scale patterns
Gerrit de Leeuw, Larisa Sogacheva, Edith Rodriguez, Konstantinos Kourtidis, Aristeidis K. Georgoulias, Georgia Alexandri, Vassilis Amiridis, Emmanouil Proestakis, Eleni Marinou, Yong Xue, and Ronald van der A
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1573–1592, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1573-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1573-2018, 2018
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05 Feb 2018
Initiation of secondary ice production in clouds
Sylvia C. Sullivan, Corinna Hoose, Alexei Kiselev, Thomas Leisner, and Athanasios Nenes
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1593–1610, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1593-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1593-2018, 2018
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05 Feb 2018
Effects of NOx and SO2 on the secondary organic aerosol formation from photooxidation of α-pinene and limonene
Defeng Zhao, Sebastian H. Schmitt, Mingjin Wang, Ismail-Hakki Acir, Ralf Tillmann, Zhaofeng Tan, Anna Novelli, Hendrik Fuchs, Iida Pullinen, Robert Wegener, Franz Rohrer, Jürgen Wildt, Astrid Kiendler-Scharr, Andreas Wahner, and Thomas F. Mentel
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1611–1628, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1611-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1611-2018, 2018
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05 Feb 2018
Maxwell–Stefan diffusion: a framework for predicting condensed phase diffusion and phase separation in atmospheric aerosol
Kathryn Fowler, Paul J. Connolly, David O. Topping, and Simon O'Meara
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1629–1642, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1629-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1629-2018, 2018
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06 Feb 2018
Effect of relative humidity on the composition of secondary organic aerosol from the oxidation of toluene
Mallory L. Hinks, Julia Montoya-Aguilera, Lucas Ellison, Peng Lin, Alexander Laskin, Julia Laskin, Manabu Shiraiwa, Donald Dabdub, and Sergey A. Nizkorodov
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1643–1652, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1643-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1643-2018, 2018
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06 Feb 2018
Lagrangian process attribution of isotopic variations in near-surface water vapour in a 30-year regional climate simulation over Europe
Marina Dütsch, Stephan Pfahl, Miro Meyer, and Heini Wernli
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1653–1669, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1653-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1653-2018, 2018
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06 Feb 2018
Detection of O4 absorption around 328 and 419 nm in measured atmospheric absorption spectra
Johannes Lampel, Johannes Zielcke, Stefan Schmitt, Denis Pöhler, Udo Frieß, Ulrich Platt, and Thomas Wagner
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1671–1683, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1671-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1671-2018, 2018
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06 Feb 2018
Simultaneous assimilation of ozone profiles from multiple UV-VIS satellite instruments
Jacob C. A. van Peet, Ronald J. van der A, Hennie M. Kelder, and Pieternel F. Levelt
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1685–1704, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1685-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1685-2018, 2018
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06 Feb 2018
Characterization of atmospheric trace gases and particulate matter in Hangzhou, China
Gen Zhang, Honghui Xu, Bing Qi, Rongguang Du, Ke Gui, Hongli Wang, Wanting Jiang, Linlin Liang, and Wanyun Xu
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1705–1728, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1705-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1705-2018, 2018
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06 Feb 2018
Volatility measurement of atmospheric submicron aerosols in an urban atmosphere in southern China
Li-Ming Cao, Xiao-Feng Huang, Yuan-Yuan Li, Min Hu, and Ling-Yan He
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1729–1743, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1729-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1729-2018, 2018
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06 Feb 2018
Connecting smoke plumes to sources using Hazard Mapping System (HMS) smoke and fire location data over North America
Steven J. Brey, Mark Ruminski, Samuel A. Atwood, and Emily V. Fischer
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1745–1761, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1745-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1745-2018, 2018
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07 Feb 2018
Estimating precipitation susceptibility in warm marine clouds using multi-sensor aerosol and cloud products from A-Train satellites
Heming Bai, Cheng Gong, Minghuai Wang, Zhibo Zhang, and Tristan L'Ecuyer
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1763–1783, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1763-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1763-2018, 2018
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07 Feb 2018
Characterization of individual ice residual particles by the single droplet freezing method: a case study in the Asian dust outflow region
Ayumi Iwata and Atsushi Matsuki
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1785–1804, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1785-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1785-2018, 2018
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07 Feb 2018
Reconstruction and analysis of erythemal UV radiation time series from Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) over the past 50 years
Klára Čížková, Kamil Láska, Ladislav Metelka, and Martin Staněk
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1805–1818, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1805-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1805-2018, 2018
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07 Feb 2018
Age and gravitational separation of the stratospheric air over Indonesia
Satoshi Sugawara, Shigeyuki Ishidoya, Shuji Aoki, Shinji Morimoto, Takakiyo Nakazawa, Sakae Toyoda, Yoichi Inai, Fumio Hasebe, Chusaku Ikeda, Hideyuki Honda, Daisuke Goto, and Fanny A. Putri
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1819–1833, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1819-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1819-2018, 2018
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08 Feb 2018
Atmospheric new particle formation at the research station Melpitz, Germany: connection with gaseous precursors and meteorological parameters
Johannes Größ, Amar Hamed, André Sonntag, Gerald Spindler, Hanna Elina Manninen, Tuomo Nieminen, Markku Kulmala, Urmas Hõrrak, Christian Plass-Dülmer, Alfred Wiedensohler, and Wolfram Birmili
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1835–1861, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1835-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1835-2018, 2018
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08 Feb 2018
The effects of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on the winter haze pollution of China
Shuyun Zhao, Hua Zhang, and Bing Xie
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1863–1877, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1863-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1863-2018, 2018
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08 Feb 2018
Investigating biomass burning aerosol morphology using a laser imaging nephelometer
Katherine M. Manfred, Rebecca A. Washenfelder, Nicholas L. Wagner, Gabriela Adler, Frank Erdesz, Caroline C. Womack, Kara D. Lamb, Joshua P. Schwarz, Alessandro Franchin, Vanessa Selimovic, Robert J. Yokelson, and Daniel M. Murphy
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1879–1894, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1879-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1879-2018, 2018
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09 Feb 2018
Nanoparticle growth by particle-phase chemistry
Michael J. Apsokardu and Murray V. Johnston
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1895–1907, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1895-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1895-2018, 2018
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09 Feb 2018
Formation of highly oxygenated organic molecules from aromatic compounds
Ugo Molteni, Federico Bianchi, Felix Klein, Imad El Haddad, Carla Frege, Michel J. Rossi, Josef Dommen, and Urs Baltensperger
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1909–1921, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1909-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1909-2018, 2018
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12 Feb 2018
Atmospheric carbonyl sulfide (OCS) measured remotely by FTIR solar absorption spectrometry
Geoffrey C. Toon, Jean-Francois L. Blavier, and Keeyoon Sung
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1923–1944, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1923-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1923-2018, 2018
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12 Feb 2018
Accuracy and precision of polar lower stratospheric temperatures from reanalyses evaluated from A-Train CALIOP and MLS, COSMIC GPS RO, and the equilibrium thermodynamics of supercooled ternary solutions and ice clouds
Alyn Lambert and Michelle L. Santee
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1945–1975, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1945-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1945-2018, 2018
12 Feb 2018
Nitrous acid formation in a snow-free wintertime polluted rural area
Catalina Tsai, Max Spolaor, Santo Fedele Colosimo, Olga Pikelnaya, Ross Cheung, Eric Williams, Jessica B. Gilman, Brian M. Lerner, Robert J. Zamora, Carsten Warneke, James M. Roberts, Ravan Ahmadov, Joost de Gouw, Timothy Bates, Patricia K. Quinn, and Jochen Stutz
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1977–1996, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1977-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1977-2018, 2018
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12 Feb 2018
Tropical continental downdraft characteristics: mesoscale systems versus unorganized convection
Kathleen A. Schiro and J. David Neelin
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1997–2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1997-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1997-2018, 2018
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13 Feb 2018
Contributions of natural and anthropogenic sources to ambient ammonia in the Athabasca Oil Sands and north-western Canada
Cynthia H. Whaley, Paul A. Makar, Mark W. Shephard, Leiming Zhang, Junhua Zhang, Qiong Zheng, Ayodeji Akingunola, Gregory R. Wentworth, Jennifer G. Murphy, Shailesh K. Kharol, and Karen E. Cady-Pereira
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2011–2034, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2011-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2011-2018, 2018
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13 Feb 2018
Predicting decadal trends in cloud droplet number concentration using reanalysis and satellite data
Daniel T. McCoy, Frida A.-M. Bender, Daniel P. Grosvenor, Johannes K. Mohrmann, Dennis L. Hartmann, Robert Wood, and Paul R. Field
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2035–2047, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2035-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2035-2018, 2018
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13 Feb 2018
High-resolution sampling and analysis of ambient particulate matter in the Pearl River Delta region of southern China: source apportionment and health risk implications
Shengzhen Zhou, Perry K. Davy, Minjuan Huang, Jingbo Duan, Xuemei Wang, Qi Fan, Ming Chang, Yiming Liu, Weihua Chen, Shanju Xie, Travis Ancelet, and William J. Trompetter
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2049–2064, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2049-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2049-2018, 2018
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13 Feb 2018
Updated emission inventories of power plants in simulating air quality during haze periods over East China
Lei Zhang, Tianliang Zhao, Sunling Gong, Shaofei Kong, Lili Tang, Duanyang Liu, Yongwei Wang, Lianji Jin, Yunpeng Shan, Chenghao Tan, Yingjie Zhang, and Xiaomei Guo
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2065–2079, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2065-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2065-2018, 2018
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13 Feb 2018
Biomass burning CCN enhance the dynamics of a mesoscale convective system over the La Plata Basin: a numerical approach
Gláuber Camponogara, Maria Assunção Faus da Silva Dias, and Gustavo G. Carrió
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2081–2096, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2081-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2081-2018, 2018
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14 Feb 2018
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Total ozone trends from 1979 to 2016 derived from five merged observational datasets – the emergence into ozone recovery
Mark Weber, Melanie Coldewey-Egbers, Vitali E. Fioletov, Stacey M. Frith, Jeannette D. Wild, John P. Burrows, Craig S. Long, and Diego Loyola
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2097–2117, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2097-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2097-2018, 2018
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14 Feb 2018
Optical and microphysical properties of natural mineral dust and anthropogenic soil dust near dust source regions over northwestern China
Xin Wang, Hui Wen, Jinsen Shi, Jianrong Bi, Zhongwei Huang, Beidou Zhang, Tian Zhou, Kaiqi Fu, Quanliang Chen, and Jinyuan Xin
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2119–2138, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2119-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2119-2018, 2018
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14 Feb 2018
Downwind evolution of the volatility and mixing state of near-road aerosols near a US interstate highway
Provat K. Saha, Andrey Khlystov, and Andrew P. Grieshop
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2139–2154, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2139-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2139-2018, 2018
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14 Feb 2018
Insights into organic-aerosol sources via a novel laser-desorption/ionization mass spectrometry technique applied to one year of PM10 samples from nine sites in central Europe
Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Imad El-Haddad, Lassi Karvonen, Athanasia Vlachou, Joel C. Corbin, Jay G. Slowik, Maarten F. Heringa, Emily A. Bruns, Samuel M. Luedin, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, Sönke Szidat, Andrea Piazzalunga, Raquel Gonzalez, Paola Fermo, Valentin Pflueger, Guido Vogel, Urs Baltensperger, and André S. H. Prévôt
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2155–2174, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2155-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2155-2018, 2018
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14 Feb 2018
Low modeled ozone production suggests underestimation of precursor emissions (especially NOx) in Europe
Emmanouil Oikonomakis, Sebnem Aksoyoglu, Giancarlo Ciarelli, Urs Baltensperger, and André Stephan Henry Prévôt
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2175–2198, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2175-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2175-2018, 2018
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15 Feb 2018
Bulk and molecular-level characterization of laboratory-aged biomass burning organic aerosol from oak leaf and heartwood fuels
Claire F. Fortenberry, Michael J. Walker, Yaping Zhang, Dhruv Mitroo, William H. Brune, and Brent J. Williams
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2199–2224, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2199-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2199-2018, 2018
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15 Feb 2018
Modeling the partitioning of organic chemical species in cloud phases with CLEPS (1.1)
Clémence Rose, Nadine Chaumerliac, Laurent Deguillaume, Hélène Perroux, Camille Mouchel-Vallon, Maud Leriche, Luc Patryl, and Patrick Armand
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2225–2242, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2225-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2225-2018, 2018
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15 Feb 2018
Investigation of new particle formation at the summit of Mt. Tai, China
Ganglin Lv, Xiao Sui, Jianmin Chen, Rohan Jayaratne, and Abdelwahid Mellouki
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2243–2258, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2243-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2243-2018, 2018
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15 Feb 2018
Nepal Ambient Monitoring and Source Testing Experiment (NAMaSTE): emissions of particulate matter from wood- and dung-fueled cooking fires, garbage and crop residue burning, brick kilns, and other sources
Thilina Jayarathne, Chelsea E. Stockwell, Prakash V. Bhave, Puppala S. Praveen, Chathurika M. Rathnayake, Md. Robiul Islam, Arnico K. Panday, Sagar Adhikari, Rashmi Maharjan, J. Douglas Goetz, Peter F. DeCarlo, Eri Saikawa, Robert J. Yokelson, and Elizabeth A. Stone
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2259–2286, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2259-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2259-2018, 2018
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15 Feb 2018
Energy transport, polar amplification, and ITCZ shifts in the GeoMIP G1 ensemble
Rick D. Russotto and Thomas P. Ackerman
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2287–2305, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2287-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2287-2018, 2018
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15 Feb 2018
Multi-model comparison of the volcanic sulfate deposition from the 1815 eruption of Mt. Tambora
Lauren Marshall, Anja Schmidt, Matthew Toohey, Ken S. Carslaw, Graham W. Mann, Michael Sigl, Myriam Khodri, Claudia Timmreck, Davide Zanchettin, William T. Ball, Slimane Bekki, James S. A. Brooke, Sandip Dhomse, Colin Johnson, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Allegra N. LeGrande, Michael J. Mills, Ulrike Niemeier, James O. Pope, Virginie Poulain, Alan Robock, Eugene Rozanov, Andrea Stenke, Timofei Sukhodolov, Simone Tilmes, Kostas Tsigaridis, and Fiona Tummon
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2307–2328, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2307-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2307-2018, 2018
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16 Feb 2018
Evaluating the mutagenic potential of aerosol organic compounds using informatics-based screening
Stefano Decesari, Simona Kovarich, Manuela Pavan, Arianna Bassan, Andrea Ciacci, and David Topping
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2329–2340, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2329-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2329-2018, 2018
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16 Feb 2018
Decadal changes in summertime reactive oxidized nitrogen and surface ozone over the Southeast United States
Jingyi Li, Jingqiu Mao, Arlene M. Fiore, Ronald C. Cohen, John D. Crounse, Alex P. Teng, Paul O. Wennberg, Ben H. Lee, Felipe D. Lopez-Hilfiker, Joel A. Thornton, Jeff Peischl, Ilana B. Pollack, Thomas B. Ryerson, Patrick Veres, James M. Roberts, J. Andrew Neuman, John B. Nowak, Glenn M. Wolfe, Thomas F. Hanisco, Alan Fried, Hanwant B. Singh, Jack Dibb, Fabien Paulot, and Larry W. Horowitz
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 2341–2361, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2341-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2341-2018, 2018
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