Simulation of the chemical evolution of biomass burning organic aerosol

Theodoritsi, Georgia N.; Pandis, Spyros N.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5403-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5403-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5403-2019

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24 Apr 2019

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| 24 Apr 2019

Simulation of the chemical evolution of biomass burning organic aerosol

Georgia N. Theodoritsi and Spyros N. Pandis

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RC1: 'Anonymous review', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Jan 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Spyros Pandis, 03 Mar 2019
RC2: 'ACP-2018-1166', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Jan 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Spyros Pandis, 03 Mar 2019

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AR by Spyros Pandis on behalf of the Authors (31 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Apr 2019) by Jacqui Hamilton

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The chemical transport model PMCAMx was extended to investigate the effects of partitioning and photochemical aging of biomass burning emissions on organic aerosol (OA) concentrations and was applied in Europe. During the summer, the contribution of biomass burning to total OA levels over continental Europe was 16 % and during winter 47 %. Intermediate volatility organic compounds are predicted to be important precursors of secondary OA from biomass burning.