Sulfuric acid–amine nucleation in urban Beijing

Cai, Runlong; Yan, Chao; Yang, Dongsen; Yin, Rujing; Lu, Yiqun; Deng, Chenjuan; Fu, Yueyun; Ruan, Jiaxin; Li, Xiaoxiao; Kontkanen, Jenni; Zhang, Qiang; Kangasluoma, Juha; Ma, Yan; Hao, Jiming; Worsnop, Douglas R.; Bianchi, Federico; Paasonen, Pauli; Kerminen, Veli-Matti; Liu, Yongchun; Wang, Lin; Zheng, Jun; Kulmala, Markku; Jiang, Jingkun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2457-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 4

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 2457–2468, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2457-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 2457–2468, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2457-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 4

Research article

18 Feb 2021

Research article | 18 Feb 2021

Sulfuric acid–amine nucleation in urban Beijing

Runlong Cai et al.

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RC1: 'Review of Cai et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Review comments of "Sulfuric acid-amine nucleation in urban Beijing"', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Jan 2021
AC1: 'Authors' comments on acp-2020-1060', Runlong Cai, 11 Jan 2021

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Short summary

Based on long-term measurements, we discovered that the collision of H₂SO₄–amine clusters is the governing mechanism that initializes fast new particle formation in the polluted atmospheric environment of urban Beijing. The mechanism and the governing factors for H₂SO₄–amine nucleation in the polluted atmosphere are quantitatively investigated in this study.