Organic acids and cloud droplet acidity in recent years at Whiteface Mountain, NY, with a focus on wildfire smoke influence

Tripathy, Archana; Khwaja, Haider A.; Hussain, Mirza M.; Yerger, Elizabeth; Kelting, Daniel; Lawrence, Christopher E.; Casson, Paul; Snyder, Phil; Lombardo, Sara; Pittman, Noah; DeMarle, Kathleen; Patel, Rudra; Hammond, Lily; Apel, Eric C.; Hornbrook, Rebecca S.; Hills, Alan J.; Brandt, Richard; McKim, Scott; Schlemmer, Jim; Lance, Sara

doi:10.5194/acp-26-3951-2026

Articles | Volume 26, issue 6

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
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Articles | Volume 26, issue 6

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20 Mar 2026

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Organic acids and cloud droplet acidity in recent years at Whiteface Mountain, NY, with a focus on wildfire smoke influence

Archana Tripathy, Haider A. Khwaja, Mirza M. Hussain, Elizabeth Yerger, Daniel Kelting, Christopher E. Lawrence, Paul Casson, Phil Snyder, Sara Lombardo, Noah Pittman, Kathleen DeMarle, Rudra Patel, Lily Hammond, Eric C. Apel, Rebecca S. Hornbrook, Alan J. Hills, Richard Brandt, Scott McKim, Jim Schlemmer, and Sara Lance

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Apr 2026	336	155	9	500
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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.