Atmospheric submicron aerosol composition and particulate organic nitrate formation in a boreal forestland–urban mixed region

Hao, L. Q.; Kortelainen, A.; Romakkaniemi, S.; Portin, H.; Jaatinen, A.; Leskinen, A.; Komppula, M.; Miettinen, P.; Sueper, D.; Pajunoja, A.; Smith, J. N.; Lehtinen, K. E. J.; Worsnop, D. R.; Laaksonen, A.; Virtanen, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-13483-2014

Articles | Volume 14, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-13483-2014

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-13483-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 24

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18 Dec 2014

Research article |

| 18 Dec 2014

Atmospheric submicron aerosol composition and particulate organic nitrate formation in a boreal forestland–urban mixed region

L. Q. Hao, A. Kortelainen, S. Romakkaniemi, H. Portin, A. Jaatinen, A. Leskinen, M. Komppula, P. Miettinen, D. Sueper, A. Pajunoja, J. N. Smith, K. E. J. Lehtinen, D. R. Worsnop, A. Laaksonen, and A. Virtanen

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RC C5348: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Jul 2014
- AC C7650: 'Response to reviewer 1', Liqing Hao, 03 Oct 2014
RC C5365: 'Review of “Atmospheric submicron aerosol composition and particulate organic nitrate formation in a boreal forestland–urban mixed region” by Hao et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jul 2014
- AC C7653: 'Response to reviewer 2', Liqing Hao, 03 Oct 2014

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Positive matrix factorization (PMF) was applied to the unified high-resolution mass spectra organic species with NO+ and NO2+ ions from the measurement in a mixed region between the boreal forestland and the urban area. The PMF analysis succeeded in separating the mixed spectra into three distinct organic factors and one inorganic factor. The particulate organic nitrate was distinguished by PMF for the first time, with a contribution of one-third of the total nitrate mass.