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Volume 20, issue 1

02 Jan 2020

Traffic-originated nanocluster emission exceeds H₂SO₄-driven photochemical new particle formation in an urban area

Miska Olin, Heino Kuuluvainen, Minna Aurela, Joni Kalliokoski, Niina Kuittinen, Mia Isotalo, Hilkka J. Timonen, Jarkko V. Niemi, Topi Rönkkö, and Miikka Dal Maso

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 1–13, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1-2020, 2020

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02 Jan 2020

Planetary boundary layer evolution over the Amazon rainforest in episodes of deep moist convection at the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory

Maurício I. Oliveira, Otávio C. Acevedo, Matthias Sörgel, Ernani L. Nascimento, Antonio O. Manzi, Pablo E. S. Oliveira, Daiane V. Brondani, Anywhere Tsokankunku, and Meinrat O. Andreae

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 15–27, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15-2020, 2020

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02 Jan 2020

Modelling the relationship between liquid water content and cloud droplet number concentration observed in low clouds in the summer Arctic and its radiative effects

Joelle Dionne, Knut von Salzen, Jason Cole, Rashed Mahmood, W. Richard Leaitch, Glen Lesins, Ian Folkins, and Rachel Y.-W. Chang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 29–43, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-29-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-29-2020, 2020

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03 Jan 2020

Rapid formation of intense haze episodes via aerosol–boundary layer feedback in Beijing

Yonghong Wang, Miao Yu, Yuesi Wang, Guiqian Tang, Tao Song, Putian Zhou, Zirui Liu, Bo Hu, Dongsheng Ji, Lili Wang, Xiaowan Zhu, Chao Yan, Mikael Ehn, Wenkang Gao, Yuepeng Pan, Jinyuan Xin, Yang Sun, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Markku Kulmala, and Tuukka Petäjä

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 45–53, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-45-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-45-2020, 2020

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03 Jan 2020

Retrieving the global distribution of the threshold of wind erosion from satellite data and implementing it into the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory land–atmosphere model (GFDL AM4.0/LM4.0)

Bing Pu, Paul Ginoux, Huan Guo, N. Christina Hsu, John Kimball, Beatrice Marticorena, Sergey Malyshev, Vaishali Naik, Norman T. O'Neill, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Juliette Paireau, Joseph M. Prospero, Elena Shevliakova, and Ming Zhao

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 55–81, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-55-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-55-2020, 2020

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03 Jan 2020

Regional variability in black carbon and carbon monoxide ratio from long-term observations over East Asia: assessment of representativeness for black carbon (BC) and carbon monoxide (CO) emission inventories

Yongjoo Choi, Yugo Kanaya, Seung-Myung Park, Atsushi Matsuki, Yasuhiro Sadanaga, Sang-Woo Kim, Itsushi Uno, Xiaole Pan, Meehye Lee, Hyunjae Kim, and Dong Hee Jung

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 83–98, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-83-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-83-2020, 2020

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03 Jan 2020

A methodology to constrain carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants using satellite observations of co-emitted nitrogen dioxide

Fei Liu, Bryan N. Duncan, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Lok N. Lamsal, Steffen Beirle, Debora Griffin, Chris A. McLinden, Daniel L. Goldberg, and Zifeng Lu

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 99–116, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-99-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-99-2020, 2020

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03 Jan 2020

Large contributions of biogenic and anthropogenic sources to fine organic aerosols in Tianjin, North China

Yanbing Fan, Cong-Qiang Liu, Linjie Li, Lujie Ren, Hong Ren, Zhimin Zhang, Qinkai Li, Shuang Wang, Wei Hu, Junjun Deng, Libin Wu, Shujun Zhong, Yue Zhao, Chandra Mouli Pavuluri, Xiaodong Li, Xiaole Pan, Yele Sun, Zifa Wang, Kimitaka Kawamura, Zongbo Shi, and Pingqing Fu

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 117–137, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-117-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-117-2020, 2020

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03 Jan 2020

Interannual variability and trends of combustion aerosol and dust in major continental outflows revealed by MODIS retrievals and CAM5 simulations during 2003–2017

Hongbin Yu, Yang Yang, Hailong Wang, Qian Tan, Mian Chin, Robert C. Levy, Lorraine A. Remer, Steven J. Smith, Tianle Yuan, and Yingxi Shi

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 139–161, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-139-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-139-2020, 2020

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06 Jan 2020

Spatial and temporal variability in the ice-nucleating ability of alpine snowmelt and extension to frozen cloud fraction

Killian P. Brennan, Robert O. David, and Nadine Borduas-Dedekind

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 163–180, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-163-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-163-2020, 2020

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06 Jan 2020

Evaluation and uncertainty investigation of the NO₂, CO and NH₃ modeling over China under the framework of MICS-Asia III

Lei Kong, Xiao Tang, Jiang Zhu, Zifa Wang, Joshua S. Fu, Xuemei Wang, Syuichi Itahashi, Kazuyo Yamaji, Tatsuya Nagashima, Hyo-Jung Lee, Cheol-Hee Kim, Chuan-Yao Lin, Lei Chen, Meigen Zhang, Zhining Tao, Jie Li, Mizuo Kajino, Hong Liao, Zhe Wang, Kengo Sudo, Yuesi Wang, Yuepeng Pan, Guiqian Tang, Meng Li, Qizhong Wu, Baozhu Ge, and Gregory R. Carmichael

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 181–202, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-181-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-181-2020, 2020

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06 Jan 2020

Local and synoptic meteorological influences on daily variability in summertime surface ozone in eastern China

Han Han, Jane Liu, Lei Shu, Tijian Wang, and Huiling Yuan

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 203–222, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-203-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-203-2020, 2020

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06 Jan 2020

Contribution of local and remote anthropogenic aerosols to a record-breaking torrential rainfall event in Guangdong Province, China

Zhen Liu, Yi Ming, Chun Zhao, Ngar Cheung Lau, Jianping Guo, Massimo Bollasina, and Steve Hung Lam Yim

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 223–241, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-223-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-223-2020, 2020

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06 Jan 2020

Very high stratospheric influence observed in the free troposphere over the northern Alps – just a local phenomenon?

Thomas Trickl, Hannes Vogelmann, Ludwig Ries, and Michael Sprenger

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 243–266, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-243-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-243-2020, 2020

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07 Jan 2020

The changing role of organic nitrates in the removal and transport of NO_x

Paul S. Romer Present, Azimeh Zare, and Ronald C. Cohen

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 267–279, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-267-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-267-2020, 2020

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08 Jan 2020

Attribution of Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) ozone radiative flux bias from satellites

Le Kuai, Kevin W. Bowman, Kazuyuki Miyazaki, Makoto Deushi, Laura Revell, Eugene Rozanov, Fabien Paulot, Sarah Strode, Andrew Conley, Jean-François Lamarque, Patrick Jöckel, David A. Plummer, Luke D. Oman, Helen Worden, Susan Kulawik, David Paynter, Andrea Stenke, and Markus Kunze

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 281–301, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-281-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-281-2020, 2020

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08 Jan 2020

The sub-adiabatic model as a concept for evaluating the representation and radiative effects of low-level clouds in a high-resolution atmospheric model

Vasileios Barlakas, Hartwig Deneke, and Andreas Macke

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 303–322, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-303-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-303-2020, 2020

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08 Jan 2020

The impact of improved satellite retrievals on estimates of biospheric carbon balance

Scot M. Miller and Anna M. Michalak

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 323–331, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-323-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-323-2020, 2020

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09 Jan 2020

Modelled effects of temperature gradients and waves on the hydroxyl rotational distribution in ground-based airglow measurements

Christoph Franzen, Patrick Joseph Espy, and Robert Edward Hibbins

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 333–343, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-333-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-333-2020, 2020

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10 Jan 2020

Surface temperature response to the major volcanic eruptions in multiple reanalysis data sets

Masatomo Fujiwara, Patrick Martineau, and Jonathon S. Wright

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 345–374, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-345-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-345-2020, 2020

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13 Jan 2020

Significant emissions of dimethyl sulfide and monoterpenes by big-leaf mahogany trees: discovery of a missing dimethyl sulfide source to the atmospheric environment

Lejish Vettikkat, Vinayak Sinha, Savita Datta, Ashish Kumar, Haseeb Hakkim, Priya Yadav, and Baerbel Sinha

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 375–389, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-375-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-375-2020, 2020

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13 Jan 2020

Chemical characteristics of cloud water and the impacts on aerosol properties at a subtropical mountain site in Hong Kong SAR

Tao Li, Zhe Wang, Yaru Wang, Chen Wu, Yiheng Liang, Men Xia, Chuan Yu, Hui Yun, Weihao Wang, Yan Wang, Jia Guo, Hartmut Herrmann, and Tao Wang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 391–407, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-391-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-391-2020, 2020

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13 Jan 2020

Long-range and local air pollution: what can we learn from chemical speciation of particulate matter at paired sites?

Marco Pandolfi, Dennis Mooibroek, Philip Hopke, Dominik van Pinxteren, Xavier Querol, Hartmut Herrmann, Andrés Alastuey, Olivier Favez, Christoph Hüglin, Esperanza Perdrix, Véronique Riffault, Stéphane Sauvage, Eric van der Swaluw, Oksana Tarasova, and Augustin Colette

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 409–429, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-409-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-409-2020, 2020

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13 Jan 2020

The MATS satellite mission – gravity wave studies by Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy

Jörg Gumbel, Linda Megner, Ole Martin Christensen, Nickolay Ivchenko, Donal P. Murtagh, Seunghyuk Chang, Joachim Dillner, Terese Ekebrand, Gabriel Giono, Arvid Hammar, Jonas Hedin, Bodil Karlsson, Mikael Krus, Anqi Li, Steven McCallion, Georgi Olentšenko, Soojong Pak, Woojin Park, Jordan Rouse, Jacek Stegman, and Georg Witt

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 431–455, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-431-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-431-2020, 2020

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14 Jan 2020

Satellite observations of aerosols and clouds over southern China from 2006 to 2015: analysis of changes and possible interaction mechanisms

Nikos Benas, Jan Fokke Meirink, Karl-Göran Karlsson, Martin Stengel, and Piet Stammes

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 457–474, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-457-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-457-2020, 2020

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14 Jan 2020

Simulation of mixed-phase clouds with the ICON large-eddy model in the complex Arctic environment around Ny-Ålesund

Vera Schemann and Kerstin Ebell

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 475–485, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-475-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-475-2020, 2020

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14 Jan 2020

Photolysis and oxidation by OH radicals of two carbonyl nitrates: 4-nitrooxy-2-butanone and 5-nitrooxy-2-pentanone

Bénédicte Picquet-Varrault, Ricardo Suarez-Bertoa, Marius Duncianu, Mathieu Cazaunau, Edouard Pangui, Marc David, and Jean-François Doussin

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 487–498, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-487-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-487-2020, 2020

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14 Jan 2020

Mitigation of PM_2.5 and ozone pollution in Delhi: a sensitivity study during the pre-monsoon period

Ying Chen, Oliver Wild, Edmund Ryan, Saroj Kumar Sahu, Douglas Lowe, Scott Archer-Nicholls, Yu Wang, Gordon McFiggans, Tabish Ansari, Vikas Singh, Ranjeet S. Sokhi, Alex Archibald, and Gufran Beig

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 499–514, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-499-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-499-2020, 2020

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15 Jan 2020

Multi-generation OH oxidation as a source for highly oxygenated organic molecules from aromatics

Olga Garmash, Matti P. Rissanen, Iida Pullinen, Sebastian Schmitt, Oskari Kausiala, Ralf Tillmann, Defeng Zhao, Carl Percival, Thomas J. Bannan, Michael Priestley, Åsa M. Hallquist, Einhard Kleist, Astrid Kiendler-Scharr, Mattias Hallquist, Torsten Berndt, Gordon McFiggans, Jürgen Wildt, Thomas F. Mentel, and Mikael Ehn

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 515–537, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-515-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-515-2020, 2020

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17 Jan 2020

Relationship between the molecular composition, visible light absorption, and health-related properties of smoldering woodsmoke aerosols

Lam Kam Chan, Khanh Q. Nguyen, Noreen Karim, Yatian Yang, Robert H. Rice, Guochun He, Michael S. Denison, and Tran B. Nguyen

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 539–559, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-539-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-539-2020, 2020

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17 Jan 2020

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Altitude profiles of cloud condensation nuclei characteristics across the Indo-Gangetic Plain prior to the onset of the Indian summer monsoon

Venugopalan Nair Jayachandran, Surendran Nair Suresh Babu, Aditya Vaishya, Mukunda M. Gogoi, Vijayakumar S. Nair, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, and Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 561–576, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-561-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-561-2020, 2020

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17 Jan 2020

Atmospheric ammonia variability and link with particulate matter formation: a case study over the Paris area

Camille Viatte, Tianze Wang, Martin Van Damme, Enrico Dammers, Frederik Meleux, Lieven Clarisse, Mark W. Shephard, Simon Whitburn, Pierre François Coheur, Karen E. Cady-Pereira, and Cathy Clerbaux

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 577–596, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-577-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-577-2020, 2020

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17 Jan 2020

Ice core records of levoglucosan and dehydroabietic and vanillic acids from Aurora Peak in Alaska since the 1660s: a proxy signal of biomass-burning activities in the North Pacific Rim

Ambarish Pokhrel, Kimitaka Kawamura, Bhagawati Kunwar, Kaori Ono, Akane Tsushima, Osamu Seki, Sumio Matoba, and Takayuki Shiraiwa

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 597–612, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-597-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-597-2020, 2020

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17 Jan 2020

Surprising similarities in model and observational aerosol radiative forcing estimates

Edward Gryspeerdt, Johannes Mülmenstädt, Andrew Gettelman, Florent F. Malavelle, Hugh Morrison, David Neubauer, Daniel G. Partridge, Philip Stier, Toshihiko Takemura, Hailong Wang, Minghuai Wang, and Kai Zhang

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 613–623, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-613-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-613-2020, 2020

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