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PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH PART C-SOLAR-TERRESTIAL AND PLANETARY SCIENCE
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 195-198Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00005-2
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In the light of recent field and laboratory measurements we developed a structural and chemical model for organic atmospheric aerosols. The model organic aerosol consists of an aqueous core surrounded by a hydrophobic organic layer of biological origin. The role of organic aerosols is to concentrate organic materials at the surface and transport these organic molecules in the atmosphere. The nascent hydrophobic organic aerosol is not expected to nucleate clouds efficiently. Processing by atmospheric radicals creates hydrophilic sites on the surface. The processed, aged organic aerosol is expected to accommodate water and form cloud condensation nuclei. Processing of organic atmospheric aerosols implicates them in atmospheric radiative transfer. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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