Importance of secondary organic aerosol formation of <i>α</i>-pinene, limonene, and <i>m</i>-cresol comparing day- and nighttime radical chemistry

Mutzel, Anke; Zhang, Yanli; Böge, Olaf; Rodigast, Maria; Kolodziejczyk, Agata; Wang, Xinming; Herrmann, Hartmut

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8479-2021

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04 Jun 2021

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Importance of secondary organic aerosol formation of α-pinene, limonene, and m-cresol comparing day- and nighttime radical chemistry

Anke Mutzel, Yanli Zhang, Olaf Böge, Maria Rodigast, Agata Kolodziejczyk, Xinming Wang, and Hartmut Herrmann

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RC1: 'Review of acp-2019-1066', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to ref 1', Hartmut Herrmann, 12 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 May 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to ref 2', Hartmut Herrmann, 12 Oct 2020

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AR by Hartmut Herrmann on behalf of the Authors (12 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Oct 2020) by Jean-Francois Doussin

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (14 Dec 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 Dec 2020) by Jean-Francois Doussin

AR by Hartmut Herrmann on behalf of the Authors (11 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Apr 2021) by Jean-Francois Doussin

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This study investigates secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation and particle growth from α-pinene, limonene, and m-cresol oxidation through NO₃ and OH radicals and the effect of relative humidity. The formed SOA is comprehensively characterized with respect to the content of OC / EC, WSOC, SOA-bound peroxides, and SOA marker compounds. The findings present new insights and implications of nighttime chemistry, which can form SOA more efficiently than OH radical reaction during daytime.