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Research article
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06 May 2025
Research article |
| 06 May 2025
| 06 May 2025
AERO-MAP: a data compilation and modeling approach to understand spatial variability in fine- and coarse-mode aerosol composition
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Longlei Li
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Julius Vira
Climate Research Programme, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Marje Prank
Climate Research Programme, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Douglas S. Hamilton
Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State, Raleigh, NC, USA
Hitoshi Matsui
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
Ron L. Miller
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA
P. Louis Lu
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Earth and Climate Section, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Ezgi Akyuz
Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, 34467 Istanbul, Türkiye
Daphne Meidan
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Peter Hess
Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Heikki Lihavainen
SIOS Knowledge Centre, Postboks 156, 9171 Longyearbyen, Norway
Christine Wiedinmyer
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Jenny Hand
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Maria Grazia Alaimo
Dip. Scienze della Terra e del Mare, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Célia Alves
Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Environment, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
Andres Alastuey
Environmental Geochemistry and Atmospheric Research, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), 08034, Barcelona, Spain
Paulo Artaxo
Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 05508-090, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Africa Barreto
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Francisco Barraza
Soil, air and water science, Saw Science, Invercargill, New Zealand
Silvia Becagli
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Universita di Firenze and INFN-Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Giulia Calzolai
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Universita di Firenze and INFN-Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Shankararaman Chellam
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA
Ying Chen
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution Prevention, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Patrick Chuang
Earth & Planetary Sciences Department, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
David D. Cohen
Centre for Accelerator Science, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia
Cristina Colombi
Environmental Monitoring Sector, Arpa Lombardia, Via Rosellini 17, 20124 Milan, Italy
Evangelia Diapouli
Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol Technology for Atmospheric & Climate impact Lab, INRaSTES, N.C.S.R. Demokritos, 15341 Ag. Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece
Gaetano Dongarra
Dip. Scienze della Terra e del Mare, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol Technology for Atmospheric & Climate impact Lab, INRaSTES, N.C.S.R. Demokritos, 15341 Ag. Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece
Johann Engelbrecht
Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute (IRD), 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, Nevada 89512-1095, USA
Corinne Galy-Lacaux
Laboratoire d Aerologie, Universite de Toulouse, CNRS, Observatoire Midi Pyrenees, Toulouse, France
Cassandra Gaston
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149, USA
Dario Gomez
Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Gerencia Química, Av. Gral Paz 1499, B1650KNA, San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Yenny González Ramos
Scientific Department, CIMEL, Paris, France
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Roy M. Harrison
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Chris Heyes
Energy, Climate and Environment Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Barak Herut
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Tel Shikmona, Haifa, 31080, Israel
School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3103301, Israel
Philip Hopke
Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA
Department of Public Health Sciences and Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
Christoph Hüglin
Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland
Maria Kanakidou
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Center of Studies of Air quality and Climate Change, Institute for Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Patras, Greece
Excellence Chair, Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Zsofia Kertesz
Laboratory for Heritage Sciences, HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear Research (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary
Zbigniew Klimont
Energy, Climate and Environment Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Katriina Kyllönen
Climate Research Programme, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Fabrice Lambert
Geography Institute, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, 7820436, Chile
Center for Climate and Resilience Research, Santiago, Chile
Xiaohong Liu
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Remi Losno
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Universite de Paris, Paris, France
Franco Lucarelli
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Universita di Firenze and INFN-Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Willy Maenhaut
Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Beatrice Marticorena
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systemes Atmospheriques (LISA), Universités Paris Est-Paris Diderot-Paris 7, UMR CNRS 7583, Créteil, France
Randall V. Martin
Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Penteli, Greece
Yasser Morera-Gómez
Instituto de Biodiversidad y Medioambiente BIOMA, Universidad de Navarra, Irunlarrea 1,31008, Pamplona, Spain
Adina Paytan
Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Joseph Prospero
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149, USA
Sergio Rodríguez
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, IPNA CSIC, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Patricia Smichowski
Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Gerencia Química, Av. Gral Paz 1499, B1650KNA, San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Daniela Varrica
Dip. Scienze della Terra e del Mare, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Brenna Walsh
Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
Crystal L. Weagle
Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
Xi Zhao
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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AERO-MAP: A data compilation and modelling approach to understand the fine and coarse mode aerosol composition Natalie M. Mahowald et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10459653
Short summary
Aerosol particles are an important part of the Earth system, but their concentrations are spatially and temporally heterogeneous, as well as being variable in size and composition. Here, we present a new compilation of PM2.5 and PM10 aerosol observations, focusing on the spatial variability across different observational stations, including composition, and demonstrate a method for comparing the data sets to model output.
Aerosol particles are an important part of the Earth system, but their concentrations are...
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