New Insights into Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation

Dear Colleagues,

The formation of secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) is recognized as a main source of earth atmospheric compositional change due to industrialization in recent human history, and these compounds directly affect global climate, human health, and the environment. However, great uncertainty surrounding SOA formation still exists because the contributing factors are very complicated, i.e., precursor, meteorological condition, regional terrain, and atmospheric chemistry pathways, which also create difficulties with model simulation and enviromental management. In recognition of this, the open-access journal Atmosphere is hosting a Special Issue to exhibit frontier research related to SOAs and their formation mechanisms. This Special Issue aims to provide new insights into SOA formation and its effect on air pollution. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

• Laboratory simulation of SOA formation mechanisms;
• Atmospheric observations showing atomspheric chemistry processes related to SOA formation;
• The atmospheric physics process of SOA formation, i.e., meteorological condition and terrain;
• Environmental management of SOA formation control;
• Models and review papers.

Dr. Xiao Sui
Prof. Houfeng Liu
Guest Editors

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