Formation, Evolution, Toxicity, and Climate Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerosols".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (13 September 2021) | Viewed by 2669
Special Issue Editor
Interests: atmospheric chemistry; aerosol and multiphase chemistry; chemical kinetics; phase state; mass spectrometry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The current global pandemic is a stark reminder of the importance of airborne particulate matter (aerosols) in human health. Air pollution from aerosols is a leading cause of global mortality and affects visibility and climate via uptake of water vapor and interactions with solar and terrestrial radiation. Aerosols are produced from a variety of biogenic and anthropogenic sources, both primary (e.g., sea spray, biomass burning, wind-blown dust, and biological fragments) and secondary (i.e., gas-to-particle conversion). During transport, atmospheric aerosols can undergo chemical and physical aging processes via photochemical and multiphase reactions with trace gases. Such interactions can modulate particle chemical and physical properties, including composition, size, and phase state (viscosity), impacting the toxicity and hygroscopicity of atmospheric aerosol. A major challenge in atmospheric and aerosol risk assessment modeling is understanding the mechanisms and kinetics involved in aerosol formation and the chemical and physical evolution of aerosols.
In this Special Issue, we encourage manuscript submission of a broad range of experimental (both laboratory and field) and theoretical (fundamental chemistry and atmospheric modeling) studies related to the formation, evolution, toxicity, and climate properties of atmospheric aerosols. Studies that provide molecular and chemical kinetic insights into aerosol formation and multiphase processes that affect the toxicity and climate-relevant properties (e.g., hygroscopicity, ice nucleation efficiency, optical) of atmospheric aerosol are particularly encouraged.
Dr. Jonathan Slade
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aerosol formation
- atmospheric aging
- multiphase chemistry
- kinetics
- toxicity
- hygroscopicity
- laboratory studies
- field studies
- theory
- modeling
