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Volume 18, issue 7

03 Apr 2018

Spatio-temporal variations of nitric acid total columns from 9 years of IASI measurements – a driver study

Gaétane Ronsmans, Catherine Wespes, Daniel Hurtmans, Cathy Clerbaux, and Pierre-François Coheur

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4403–4423, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4403-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4403-2018, 2018

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03 Apr 2018

Effects of convective ice evaporation on interannual variability of tropical tropopause layer water vapor

Hao Ye, Andrew E. Dessler, and Wandi Yu

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4425–4437, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4425-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4425-2018, 2018

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03 Apr 2018

Comparing airborne and satellite retrievals of cloud optical thickness and particle effective radius using a spectral radiance ratio technique: two case studies for cirrus and deep convective clouds

Trismono C. Krisna, Manfred Wendisch, André Ehrlich, Evelyn Jäkel, Frank Werner, Ralf Weigel, Stephan Borrmann, Christoph Mahnke, Ulrich Pöschl, Meinrat O. Andreae, Christiane Voigt, and Luiz A. T. Machado

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4439–4462, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4439-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4439-2018, 2018

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03 Apr 2018

Water vapour and methane coupling in the stratosphere observed using SCIAMACHY solar occultation measurements

Stefan Noël, Katja Weigel, Klaus Bramstedt, Alexei Rozanov, Mark Weber, Heinrich Bovensmann, and John P. Burrows

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4463–4476, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4463-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4463-2018, 2018

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04 Apr 2018

Measurements of aerosol and CCN properties in the Mackenzie River delta (Canadian Arctic) during spring–summer transition in May 2014

Paul Herenz, Heike Wex, Silvia Henning, Thomas Bjerring Kristensen, Florian Rubach, Anja Roth, Stephan Borrmann, Heiko Bozem, Hannes Schulz, and Frank Stratmann

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4477–4496, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4477-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4477-2018, 2018

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04 Apr 2018

Modelling carbonaceous aerosol from residential solid fuel burning with different assumptions for emissions

Riinu Ots, Mathew R. Heal, Dominique E. Young, Leah R. Williams, James D. Allan, Eiko Nemitz, Chiara Di Marco, Anais Detournay, Lu Xu, Nga L. Ng, Hugh Coe, Scott C. Herndon, Ian A. Mackenzie, David C. Green, Jeroen J. P. Kuenen, Stefan Reis, and Massimo Vieno

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4497–4518, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4497-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4497-2018, 2018

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04 Apr 2018

Nucleation of nitric acid hydrates in polar stratospheric clouds by meteoric material

Alexander D. James, James S. A. Brooke, Thomas P. Mangan, Thomas F. Whale, John M. C. Plane, and Benjamin J. Murray

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4519–4531, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4519-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4519-2018, 2018

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04 Apr 2018

Wintertime hygroscopicity and volatility of ambient urban aerosol particles

Joonas Enroth, Jyri Mikkilä, Zoltán Németh, Markku Kulmala, and Imre Salma

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4533–4548, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4533-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4533-2018, 2018

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05 Apr 2018

Which processes drive observed variations of HCHO columns over India?

Luke Surl, Paul I. Palmer, and Gonzalo González Abad

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4549–4566, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4549-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4549-2018, 2018

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05 Apr 2018

Monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from an oil and gas station in northwest China for 1 year

Huang Zheng, Shaofei Kong, Xinli Xing, Yao Mao, Tianpeng Hu, Yang Ding, Gang Li, Dantong Liu, Shuanglin Li, and Shihua Qi

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4567–4595, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4567-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4567-2018, 2018

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05 Apr 2018

Nonlinear response of tropical lower-stratospheric temperature and water vapor to ENSO

Chaim I. Garfinkel, Amit Gordon, Luke D. Oman, Feng Li, Sean Davis, and Steven Pawson

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4597–4615, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4597-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4597-2018, 2018

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05 Apr 2018

Chemical characterization of long-range transport biomass burning emissions to the Himalayas: insights from high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry

Xinghua Zhang, Jianzhong Xu, Shichang Kang, Yanmei Liu, and Qi Zhang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4617–4638, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4617-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4617-2018, 2018

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05 Apr 2018

Sources and physicochemical characteristics of black carbon aerosol from the southeastern Tibetan Plateau: internal mixing enhances light absorption

Qiyuan Wang, Junji Cao, Yongming Han, Jie Tian, Chongshu Zhu, Yonggang Zhang, Ningning Zhang, Zhenxing Shen, Haiyan Ni, Shuyu Zhao, and Jiarui Wu

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4639–4656, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4639-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4639-2018, 2018

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06 Apr 2018

Tropical convection regimes in climate models: evaluation with satellite observations

Andrea K. Steiner, Bettina C. Lackner, and Mark A. Ringer

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4657–4672, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4657-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4657-2018, 2018

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06 Apr 2018

Ozonolysis of α-phellandrene – Part 2: Compositional analysis of secondary organic aerosol highlights the role of stabilised Criegee intermediates

Felix A. Mackenzie-Rae, Helen J. Wallis, Andrew R. Rickard, Kelly L. Pereira, Sandra M. Saunders, Xinming Wang, and Jacqueline F. Hamilton

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4673–4693, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4673-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4673-2018, 2018

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06 Apr 2018

Reconstructing volcanic plume evolution integrating satellite and ground-based data: application to the 23 November 2013 Etna eruption

Matthieu Poret, Stefano Corradini, Luca Merucci, Antonio Costa, Daniele Andronico, Mario Montopoli, Gianfranco Vulpiani, and Valentin Freret-Lorgeril

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4695–4714, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4695-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4695-2018, 2018

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09 Apr 2018

Precipitation regimes over central Greenland inferred from 5 years of ICECAPS observations

Claire Pettersen, Ralf Bennartz, Aronne J. Merrelli, Matthew D. Shupe, David D. Turner, and Von P. Walden

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4715–4735, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4715-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4715-2018, 2018

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09 Apr 2018

Continued increase of CFC-113a (CCl₃CF₃) mixing ratios in the global atmosphere: emissions, occurrence and potential sources

Karina E. Adcock, Claire E. Reeves, Lauren J. Gooch, Emma C. Leedham Elvidge, Matthew J. Ashfold, Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer, Charles Chou, Paul J. Fraser, Ray L. Langenfelds, Norfazrin Mohd Hanif, Simon O'Doherty, David E. Oram, Chang-Feng Ou-Yang, Siew Moi Phang, Azizan Abu Samah, Thomas Röckmann, William T. Sturges, and Johannes C. Laube

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4737–4751, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4737-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4737-2018, 2018

09 Apr 2018

The strengthening relationship between Eurasian snow cover and December haze days in central North China after the mid-1990s

Zhicong Yin and Huijun Wang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4753–4763, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4753-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4753-2018, 2018

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09 Apr 2018

Estimates of CO₂ fluxes over the city of Cape Town, South Africa, through Bayesian inverse modelling

Alecia Nickless, Peter J. Rayner, Francois Engelbrecht, Ernst-Günther Brunke, Birgit Erni, and Robert J. Scholes

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4765–4801, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4765-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4765-2018, 2018

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09 Apr 2018

On the origin of the mesospheric quasi-stationary planetary waves in the unusual Arctic winter 2015/2016

Vivien Matthias and Manfred Ern

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4803–4815, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4803-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4803-2018, 2018

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10 Apr 2018

Low-carbon energy generates public health savings in California

Christina B. Zapata, Chris Yang, Sonia Yeh, Joan Ogden, and Michael J. Kleeman

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4817–4830, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4817-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4817-2018, 2018

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10 Apr 2018

On the functional form of particle number size distributions: influence of particle source and meteorological variables

Katia Cugerone, Carlo De Michele, Antonio Ghezzi, Vorne Gianelle, and Stefania Gilardoni

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4831–4842, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4831-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4831-2018, 2018

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10 Apr 2018

Assessment of inter-city transport of particulate matter in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region

Xing Chang, Shuxiao Wang, Bin Zhao, Siyi Cai, and Jiming Hao

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4843–4858, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4843-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4843-2018, 2018

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10 Apr 2018

Air quality and climate change, Topic 3 of the Model Inter-Comparison Study for Asia Phase III (MICS-Asia III) – Part 1: Overview and model evaluation

Meng Gao, Zhiwei Han, Zirui Liu, Meng Li, Jinyuan Xin, Zhining Tao, Jiawei Li, Jeong-Eon Kang, Kan Huang, Xinyi Dong, Bingliang Zhuang, Shu Li, Baozhu Ge, Qizhong Wu, Yafang Cheng, Yuesi Wang, Hyo-Jung Lee, Cheol-Hee Kim, Joshua S. Fu, Tijian Wang, Mian Chin, Jung-Hun Woo, Qiang Zhang, Zifa Wang, and Gregory R. Carmichael

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4859–4884, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4859-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4859-2018, 2018

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10 Apr 2018

Clear-air lidar dark band

Paolo Di Girolamo, Andrea Scoccione, Marco Cacciani, Donato Summa, Benedetto De Rosa, and Jan H. Schween

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4885–4896, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4885-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4885-2018, 2018

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11 Apr 2018

Mixing layer height on the North China Plain and meteorological evidence of serious air pollution in southern Hebei

Xiaowan Zhu, Guiqian Tang, Jianping Guo, Bo Hu, Tao Song, Lili Wang, Jinyuan Xin, Wenkang Gao, Christoph Münkel, Klaus Schäfer, Xin Li, and Yuesi Wang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4897–4910, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4897-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4897-2018, 2018

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11 Apr 2018

Primary aerosol and secondary inorganic aerosol budget over the Mediterranean Basin during 2012 and 2013

Jonathan Guth, Virginie Marécal, Béatrice Josse, Joaquim Arteta, and Paul Hamer

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4911–4934, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4911-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4911-2018, 2018

11 Apr 2018

The Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC): history, status and perspectives

Martine De Mazière, Anne M. Thompson, Michael J. Kurylo, Jeannette D. Wild, Germar Bernhard, Thomas Blumenstock, Geir O. Braathen, James W. Hannigan, Jean-Christopher Lambert, Thierry Leblanc, Thomas J. McGee, Gerald Nedoluha, Irina Petropavlovskikh, Gunther Seckmeyer, Paul C. Simon, Wolfgang Steinbrecht, and Susan E. Strahan

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4935–4964, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4935-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4935-2018, 2018

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11 Apr 2018

Seasonal variation and chemical characterization of PM_2.5 in northwestern Philippines

Gerry Bagtasa, Mylene G. Cayetano, and Chung-Shin Yuan

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4965–4980, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4965-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4965-2018, 2018

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12 Apr 2018

Concentrations and source regions of light-absorbing particles in snow/ice in northern Pakistan and their impact on snow albedo

Chaman Gul, Siva Praveen Puppala, Shichang Kang, Bhupesh Adhikary, Yulan Zhang, Shaukat Ali, Yang Li, and Xiaofei Li

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 4981–5000, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4981-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4981-2018, 2018

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12 Apr 2018

Middle atmospheric ozone, nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen trioxide in 2002–2011: SD-WACCM simulations compared to GOMOS observations

Erkki Kyrölä, Monika E. Andersson, Pekka T. Verronen, Marko Laine, Simo Tukiainen, and Daniel R. Marsh

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5001–5019, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5001-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5001-2018, 2018

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12 Apr 2018

An assessment of aerosol optical properties from remote-sensing observations and regional chemistry–climate coupled models over Europe

Laura Palacios-Peña, Rocío Baró, Alexander Baklanov, Alessandra Balzarini, Dominik Brunner, Renate Forkel, Marcus Hirtl, Luka Honzak, José María López-Romero, Juan Pedro Montávez, Juan Luis Pérez, Guido Pirovano, Roberto San José, Wolfram Schröder, Johannes Werhahn, Ralf Wolke, Rahela Žabkar, and Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5021–5043, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5021-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5021-2018, 2018

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13 Apr 2018

Continuous non-marine inputs of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the High Arctic: a multi-decadal temporal record

Heidi M. Pickard, Alison S. Criscitiello, Christine Spencer, Martin J. Sharp, Derek C. G. Muir, Amila O. De Silva, and Cora J. Young

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5045–5058, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5045-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5045-2018, 2018

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13 Apr 2018

The influence of idealized surface heterogeneity on virtual turbulent flux measurements

Frederik De Roo and Matthias Mauder

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5059–5074, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5059-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5059-2018, 2018

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16 Apr 2018

Measurements of atmospheric ethene by solar absorption FTIR spectrometry

Geoffrey C. Toon, Jean-Francois L. Blavier, and Keeyoon Sung

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5075–5088, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5075-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5075-2018, 2018

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16 Apr 2018

A climatology of polar stratospheric cloud composition between 2002 and 2012 based on MIPAS/Envisat observations

Reinhold Spang, Lars Hoffmann, Rolf Müller, Jens-Uwe Grooß, Ines Tritscher, Michael Höpfner, Michael Pitts, Andrew Orr, and Martin Riese

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5089–5113, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5089-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5089-2018, 2018

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16 Apr 2018

Hygroscopic behavior of atmospheric aerosols containing nitrate salts and water-soluble organic acids

Bo Jing, Zhen Wang, Fang Tan, Yucong Guo, Shengrui Tong, Weigang Wang, Yunhong Zhang, and Maofa Ge

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5115–5127, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5115-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5115-2018, 2018

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16 Apr 2018

Insights into the diurnal cycle of global Earth outgoing radiation using a numerical weather prediction model

Jake J. Gristey, J. Christine Chiu, Robert J. Gurney, Cyril J. Morcrette, Peter G. Hill, Jacqueline E. Russell, and Helen E. Brindley

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5129–5145, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5129-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5129-2018, 2018

17 Apr 2018

The influence of internal variability on Earth's energy balance framework and implications for estimating climate sensitivity

Andrew E. Dessler, Thorsten Mauritsen, and Bjorn Stevens

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5147–5155, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5147-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5147-2018, 2018

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17 Apr 2018

Observations of ozone-poor air in the tropical tropopause layer

Richard Newton, Geraint Vaughan, Eric Hintsa, Michal T. Filus, Laura L. Pan, Shawn Honomichl, Elliot Atlas, Stephen J. Andrews, and Lucy J. Carpenter

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5157–5171, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5157-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5157-2018, 2018

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17 Apr 2018

A pilot study of gaseous pollutants' measurement (NO₂, SO₂, NH₃, HNO₃ and O₃) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: contribution to an overview of gaseous pollution in African cities

Julien Bahino, Véronique Yoboué, Corinne Galy-Lacaux, Marcellin Adon, Aristide Akpo, Sékou Keita, Cathy Liousse, Eric Gardrat, Christelle Chiron, Money Ossohou, Sylvain Gnamien, and Julien Djossou

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5173–5198, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5173-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5173-2018, 2018

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17 Apr 2018

First simultaneous measurements of peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) and ozone at Nam Co in the central Tibetan Plateau: impacts from the PBL evolution and transport processes

Xiaobin Xu, Hualong Zhang, Weili Lin, Ying Wang, Wanyun Xu, and Shihui Jia

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5199–5217, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5199-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5199-2018, 2018

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