Articles | Volume 20, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4607-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4607-2020
Research article
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21 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 21 Apr 2020

Characterization of organic aerosol across the global remote troposphere: a comparison of ATom measurements and global chemistry models

Alma Hodzic, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Huisheng Bian, Mian Chin, Peter R. Colarco, Douglas A. Day, Karl D. Froyd, Bernd Heinold, Duseong S. Jo, Joseph M. Katich, John K. Kodros, Benjamin A. Nault, Jeffrey R. Pierce, Eric Ray, Jacob Schacht, Gregory P. Schill, Jason C. Schroder, Joshua P. Schwarz, Donna T. Sueper, Ina Tegen, Simone Tilmes, Kostas Tsigaridis, Pengfei Yu, and Jose L. Jimenez

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (06 Mar 2020) by Sergey A. Nizkorodov
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ED: Publish as is (15 Mar 2020) by Sergey A. Nizkorodov
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Short summary
Organic aerosol (OA) is a key source of uncertainty in aerosol climate effects. We present the first pole-to-pole OA characterization during the NASA Atmospheric Tomography aircraft mission. OA has a strong seasonal and zonal variability, with the highest levels in summer and over fire-influenced regions and the lowest ones in the southern high latitudes. We show that global models predict the OA distribution well but not the relative contribution of OA emissions vs. chemical production.
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