Oxidation of ambient biogenic secondary organic aerosol by hydroxyl radicals: Effects on cloud condensation nuclei activity
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Wong, J. P. S.
Lee, A. K. Y.
Slowik, J. G.
Cziczo, Daniel James
Leaitch, W. R.
MacDonald, A.
Abbatt, Jonathan P. D.
Date Issued
November 2011
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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Wong, J. P. S. et al. “Oxidation of Ambient Biogenic Secondary Organic Aerosol by Hydroxyl Radicals: Effects on Cloud Condensation Nuclei Activity.” Geophysical Research Letters 38.22 (2011). ©2012. American Geophysical Union
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Abstract
Changes in the hygroscopicity of ambient biogenic secondary organic aerosols (SOA) due to controlled OH oxidation were investigated at a remote forested site at Whistler Mountain, British Columbia during July of 2010. Coupled photo-oxidation and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) experiments were conducted on: i) ambient particles exposed to high levels of gas-phase OH, and ii) the water-soluble fraction of ambient particles oxidized by aqueous-phase OH. An Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) monitored the changes in the chemical composition and degree of oxidation (O:C ratio) of the organic component of ambient aerosol due to OH oxidation. The CCN activity of size-selected particles was measured to determine the hygroscopicity parameter κ[subscript org,CCN] for particles of various degrees of oxygenation. In both cases, the CCN activity of the oxidized material was higher than that of the ambient particles. In general, κorg,CCN of the aerosol increases with its O:C ratio, in agreement with previous laboratory measurements.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2011gl049351
