Articles | Volume 21, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5499-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5499-2021
Research article
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08 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 08 Apr 2021

Formation of nighttime sulfuric acid from the ozonolysis of alkenes in Beijing

Yishuo Guo, Chao Yan, Chang Li, Wei Ma, Zemin Feng, Ying Zhou, Zhuohui Lin, Lubna Dada, Dominik Stolzenburg, Rujing Yin, Jenni Kontkanen, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Juha Kangasluoma, Lei Yao, Biwu Chu, Yonghong Wang, Runlong Cai, Federico Bianchi, Yongchun Liu, and Markku Kulmala

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AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (17 Aug 2020)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Sep 2020) by Sally E. Pusede
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Oct 2020)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (18 Oct 2020) by Sally E. Pusede
AR by Chao Yan on behalf of the Authors (07 Dec 2020)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Dec 2020) by Sally E. Pusede
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (19 Feb 2021)
ED: Publish as is (26 Feb 2021) by Sally E. Pusede
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Fog, cloud and haze are very common natural phenomena. Sulfuric acid (SA) is one of the key compounds forming those suspended particles, technically called aerosols, through gas-to-particle conversion. Therefore, the concentration level, source and sink of SA is very important. Our results show that ozonolysis of alkenes plays a major role in nighttime SA formation under unpolluted conditions in urban Beijing, and nighttime cluster mode particles are probably driven by SA in urban environments.
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