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On the importance of multiphase photolysis of organic nitrates on their global atmospheric removal
Juan Miguel González-Sánchez
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Aix Marseille
Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Aix Marseille
Univ, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France
Nicolas Brun
Aix Marseille
Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Aix Marseille
Univ, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France
Junteng Wu
Aix Marseille
Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Sylvain Ravier
Aix Marseille
Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Jean-Louis Clément
Aix Marseille
Univ, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France
Anne Monod
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Aix Marseille
Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
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Short summary
Organic nitrates play a crucial role in air pollution, as they are NOx reservoirs. This work investigated for the first time their reactivity with light in the aqueous phase (cloud and fog and wet aerosol), proving it slower than in the gas phase. Therefore, our findings reveal that partitioning of organic nitrates in the aqueous phase leads to longer atmospheric lifetimes of these compounds and thus a broader spatial distribution of their related pollution.
Organic nitrates play a crucial role in air pollution, as they are NOx reservoirs. This work...
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