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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-3951-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-3951-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Organic acids and cloud droplet acidity in recent years at Whiteface Mountain, NY, with a focus on wildfire smoke influence
Archana Tripathy
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Haider A. Khwaja
Biggs Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12237, United States
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Integrated Health Sciences, University at Albany, Rensselaer, New York, United States
Mirza M. Hussain
Biggs Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12237, United States
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Integrated Health Sciences, University at Albany, Rensselaer, New York, United States
Elizabeth Yerger
Paul Smith's College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI), Paul Smiths, New York, United States
Daniel Kelting
Paul Smith's College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI), Paul Smiths, New York, United States
Christopher E. Lawrence
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University, New York, United States
Paul Casson
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Phil Snyder
Ausable Freshwater Center, Wilmington, New York, United States
Sara Lombardo
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Noah Pittman
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Kathleen DeMarle
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Rudra Patel
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Lily Hammond
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Eric C. Apel
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Rebecca S. Hornbrook
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Alan J. Hills
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Richard Brandt
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Scott McKim
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Jim Schlemmer
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States
Data sets
atmoschem.process: ASRC Atmospheric Chemistry Data Processing William May https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4394567
Cloud water chemistry dataset from Whiteface Mountain Archana Tripathy and Sara Lance http://atmoschem.asrc.cestm.albany.edu/~cloudwater/pub/Data.htm
Short summary
We present seven years of cloud water measurements from the summit of Whiteface Mountain in upstate New York to evaluate how organic acids affect cloud droplet acidity in the summer. Sources of these acids, ranging from local biogenic emissions to long-range wildfire smoke plumes, play a major role in reshaping the cloud chemistry of this remote region, which was once controlled mainly by industrial pollution.
We present seven years of cloud water measurements from the summit of Whiteface Mountain in...
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