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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 NO_x 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 NO_x) 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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