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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 321-343, 2011
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A review of the anthropogenic influence on biogenic secondary organic aerosol
1Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
3Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00048 Helsinki, Finland
4Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
5Chemistry Department, Reed College, Portland, OR, 97202, USA
6Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
7National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, USA
8Desert Research Institute, Storm Peak Laboratory, P.O. Box 882530, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA
9Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 224 Neckers Hall, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
10Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
11Environmental Chemistry, Engineering Sciences Lab 230, Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
12North Carolina State University, Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Abstract. Because of the climate and air quality effects of organic aerosol, it is important to quantify the influence of anthropogenic emissions on the aerosol burden, both globally and regionally, and both in terms of mass and number. Methods exist with which the fractions of organic aerosol resulting directly from anthropogenic and biogenic processes can be estimated. However, anthropogenic emissions can also lead to an enhancement in secondary organic aerosol formation from naturally emitted precursors. We term this enhanced biogenic secondary organic aerosol (eBSOA). Here, we review the mechanisms through which such an effect may occur in the atmosphere and describe a work flow via which it may be quantified, using existing measurement techniques. An examination of published data reveals support for the existence of the enhancement effect.
Citation: Hoyle, C. R., Boy, M., Donahue, N. M., Fry, J. L., Glasius, M., Guenther, A., Hallar, A. G., Huff Hartz, K., Petters, M. D., Petäjä, T., Rosenoern, T., and Sullivan, A. P.: A review of the anthropogenic influence on biogenic secondary organic aerosol, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 321-343, doi:10.5194/acp-11-321-2011, 2011.