Evaluating NOx fate and organic nitrate chemistry from α-pinene oxidation using stable oxygen and nitrogen isotopes
Wendell W. Walters,Masayuki Takeuchi,Danielle E. Blum,Gamze Eris,David Tanner,Weiqi Xu,Jean Rivera-Rios,Fobang Liu,Tianchang Xu,Greg Huey,Justin B. Min,Rodney Weber,Nga L. Ng,and Meredith G. Hastings
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
now at: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 1111 Engineering Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Danielle E. Blum
Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Gamze Eris
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
David Tanner
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
Weiqi Xu
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
Jean Rivera-Rios
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
now at: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, 123 Bevier Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
We studied how chemicals released from plants and pollution interact in the atmosphere, affecting air quality and climate. By combining laboratory experiments and chemistry models, we tracked unique chemical fingerprints to understand how nitrogen compounds transform to form particles in the air. Our findings help explain the role of these reactions in pollution and provide tools to improve predictions for cleaner air and better climate policies.
We studied how chemicals released from plants and pollution interact in the atmosphere,...