Paper from the SOLAS endorsed project AMBIEnCE on dynamic structural model of organic aerosols in a costal marine site

A paper entitled 'Exploring water-soluble organic aerosols structures in urban atmosphere using advanced solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy', from the SOLAS endorsed project AMBIEnCE published.

This article describes a new quantitative structural model of inhomogeneous atmospheric aerosol water-soluble organic matter (WSOM) in rapidly changing atmospheric conditions at a costal marine site. We confirmed the presence of three independent classes of compounds that vary both in content and molecular diversity within very short periods of time: heteroatomrich aliphatic (either chain or branched), carbohydrate-like moieties, and highly substituted aromatic units. These findings of AMBIEnCE project are crucial to bridge the gap and resolve the discrepancies between modeled and measured aerosol WSOM, enabling a better representation of organic aerosols in climate studies.

Reference: Duarte, R.M.B.O., et al. (2020), Exploring water-soluble organic aerosols structures in urban atmosphere using advanced solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy, Atmospheric Environment, 230, 117503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117503.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231020302405?via%3Dihub