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Influence of urban pollution on the production of organic particulate matter fr...
Sá, Suzane S. de; Palm, Brett B.; Campuzano-Jost, Pedro; Day, Douglas A.; Newburn, Matt K.; Hu, Weiwei; Isaacman-VanWertz, Gabriel A.; Yee, Lindsay D.The atmospheric chemistry of isoprene contributes to the production of a substantial mass fraction of the particulate matter (PM) over tropical forests. Isoprene epoxydiols (IEPOX) produced in the gas phase by the oxidation of isoprene under HO2-dominant conditions are subsequently taken up by particles, thereby leading to production of secondary organic PM. The present study investigates possible perturbations...
Urban pollution greatly enhances formation of natural aerosols over the Amazon ...
Shrivastava, Manish K.; Andreae, Meinrat O.; Artaxo, Paulo; Barbosa, H. M. J.; Berg, Larry K.; Brito, Joel F.; Ching, Joseph; Easter, Richard C.One of the least understood aspects in atmospheric chemistry is how urban emissions influence the formation of natural organic aerosols, which affect Earth’s energy budget. The Amazon rainforest, during its wet season, is one of the few remaining places on Earth where atmospheric chemistry transitions between preindustrial and urban-influenced conditions. Here, we integrate insights from several laboratory meas...
Urban influence on the concentration and composition of submicron particulate m...
Sá, Suzane S. de; Palm, Brett B.; Campuzano-Jost, Pedro; Day, Douglas A.; Hu, Weiwei; Isaacman-VanWertz, Gabriel A.; Yee, Lindsay D.; Brito, Joel F.An understanding of how anthropogenic emissions affect the concentrations and composition of airborne particulate matter (PM) is fundamental to quantifying the influence of human activities on climate and air quality. The central Amazon Basin, especially around the city of Manaus, Brazil, has experienced rapid changes in the past decades due to ongoing urbanization. Herein, changes in the concentration and comp...
Observations of sesquiterpenes and their oxidation products in central Amazonia...
Yee, Lindsay D.; Isaacman-VanWertz, Gabriel A.; Wernis, Rebecca A.; Meng, Meng; Rivera, Ventura; Kreisberg, Nathan M.; Hering, Susanne V.<p>Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from the Amazon forest region represent the largest source of organic carbon emissions to the atmosphere globally. These BVOC emissions dominantly consist of volatile and intermediate-volatility terpenoid compounds that undergo chemical transformations in the atmosphere to form oxygenated condensable gases and secondary organic aerosol (SOA). We collected quartz fi...