Articles | Volume 26, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-8875-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-8875-2026
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24 Jun 2026
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Influence of tropospheric temperature on the formation and aging of secondary organic aerosol from biogenic vapor mixtures

Linyu Gao, Stella E. I. Manavi, Claudia Mohr, Junwei Song, Cheng Wu, Thomas Leisner, Spyros N. Pandis, and Harald Saathoff

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2026-270', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Feb 2026
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Linyu Gao, 24 Apr 2026
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2026-270', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Mar 2026
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Linyu Gao, 24 Apr 2026

Peer review completion

AR – Author's response | RR – Referee report | ED – Editor decision | EF – Editorial file upload
AR by Linyu Gao on behalf of the Authors (24 Apr 2026)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Apr 2026) by Manabu Shiraiwa
ED: Publish as is (26 May 2026) by Manabu Shiraiwa
AR by Linyu Gao on behalf of the Authors (09 Jun 2026)
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Editorial statement
Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) are long known to be of great importance to atmospheric composition and climate, and it has recently become established that atmospheric concentrations depend on not just the chemical processes involving individual precursor VOCs, but also interactions between different VOCs and their oxidation products. Gao et al. studies two common biogenic VOCs (isoprene and α-pinene) and investigates the temperature dependency of these interaction effects on SOA yields. By projecting these results over the temperatures typically experienced by a tropospheric airmass, they are able to show that not considering this temperature effect would lead to a negative biases in SOA prediction in Europe.
Short summary
We investigate how temperature (213–313K) affects secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particles derived from isoprene and α-pinene mixtures. Isoprene's suppression on α-pinene dimer formation varied with temperatures. Particles formed at higher temperatures are more oxidized yet more volatile than those formed at lower temperatures and then warmed. This work highlights the need to consider both temperature and biogenic vapor interaction to accurately describe SOA formation, aging, and global burden.
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