A proxy for atmospheric daytime gaseous sulfuric acid concentration in urban Beijing

Lu, Yiqun; Yan, Chao; Fu, Yueyun; Chen, Yan; Liu, Yiliang; Yang, Gan; Wang, Yuwei; Bianchi, Federico; Chu, Biwu; Zhou, Ying; Yin, Rujing; Baalbaki, Rima; Garmash, Olga; Deng, Chenjuan; Wang, Weigang; Liu, Yongchun; Petäjä, Tuukka; Kerminen, Veli-Matti; Jiang, Jingkun; Kulmala, Markku; Wang, Lin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1971-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1971-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1971-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 3

Research article

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13 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 13 Feb 2019

A proxy for atmospheric daytime gaseous sulfuric acid concentration in urban Beijing

Yiqun Lu, Chao Yan, Yueyun Fu, Yan Chen, Yiliang Liu, Gan Yang, Yuwei Wang, Federico Bianchi, Biwu Chu, Ying Zhou, Rujing Yin, Rima Baalbaki, Olga Garmash, Chenjuan Deng, Weigang Wang, Yongchun Liu, Tuukka Petäjä, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Jingkun Jiang, Markku Kulmala, and Lin Wang

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RC1: 'review of Lu et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'A point-to-point response to reviewer#2’ comments', Yiqun Lu, 30 Jan 2019
RC2: 'Review for Lu et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Dec 2018
- AC2: 'A point-to-point response to reviewer#1’ comments', Yiqun Lu, 30 Jan 2019
SC1: 'Short comment on the paper', Santtu Mikkonen, 09 Jan 2019
- AC3: 'A point-to-point response to Santtu Mikkonen’s comments', Yiqun Lu, 30 Jan 2019

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ED: Publish as is (30 Jan 2019) by Timothy Bertram

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Gaseous sulfuric acid is one of the key precursors for atmospheric new particle formation processes, but its measurement remains challenging. This work develops an estimation method for the gaseous sulfuric acid concentration in an urban environment in China using multiple atmospheric variables that are easier to measure. The consideration of the heterogeneous formation of HONO and the subsequent photo-production of OH radicals improves the performance of the estimation method.