The role of highly oxygenated organic molecules in the Boreal aerosol-cloud-climate system

Pontus Roldin; Mikael Ehn; Theo Kurten; Tinja Olenius; Matti P. Rissanen; Nina Sarnela; Jonas Elm; Pekka Rantala; Liqing Hao; Noora Hyttinen; Liine Heikkinen; Douglas Worsnop; Lukas Pichelstorfer; Carlton Xavier; Petri  Clusius; Emilie Öström; Tuukka Petäjä; Markku Kulmala; Hanna Vehkamäki; Annele Virtanen; Ilona Riipinen; Michael Boy

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12338-8

The role of highly oxygenated organic molecules in the Boreal aerosol-cloud-climate system

Pontus Roldin, Mikael Ehn, Theo Kurten, Tinja Olenius, Matti P. Rissanen, Nina Sarnela, Jonas Elm, Pekka Rantala, Liqing Hao, Noora Hyttinen, Liine Heikkinen, Douglas Worsnop, Lukas Pichelstorfer, Carlton Xavier, Petri Clusius, Emilie Öström, Tuukka Petäjä, Markku Kulmala, Hanna Vehkamäki, Annele VirtanenIlona Riipinen, Michael Boy

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Abstract

Over Boreal regions, monoterpenes emitted from the forest are the main precursors for secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation and the primary driver of the growth of new aerosol particles to climatically important cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). Autoxidation of monoterpenes leads to rapid formation of Highly Oxygenated organic Molecules (HOM). We have developed the first model with near-explicit representation of atmospheric new particle formation (NPF) and HOM formation. The model can reproduce the observed NPF, HOM gas-phase composition and SOA formation over the Boreal forest. During the spring, HOM SOA formation increases the CCN concentration by similar to 10 % and causes a direct aerosol radiative forcing of -0.10 W/m(2). In contrast, NPF reduces the number of CCN at updraft velocities <0.2 m/s, and causes a direct aerosol radiative forcing of +0.15 W/m(2). Hence, while HOM SOA contributes to climate cooling, NPF can result in climate warming over the Boreal forest.

Original language	English
Article number	4370
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	10
Number of pages	15
ISSN	2041-1723
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12338-8
Publication status	Published - 25 Sep 2019
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

ALPHA-PINENE
GAS
OXIDATION-PRODUCTS
OXIDIZED MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS
OZONOLYSIS
PARTICLE FORMATION
PEROXY-RADICALS
RO2 RADICALS
SATURATION VAPOR-PRESSURES
TROPOSPHERIC DEGRADATION
114 Physical sciences
116 Chemical sciences

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Roldin, P., Ehn, M., Kurten, T., Olenius, T., Rissanen, M. P., Sarnela, N., Elm, J., Rantala, P., Hao, L., Hyttinen, N., Heikkinen, L., Worsnop, D., Pichelstorfer, L., Xavier, C., Clusius, P., Öström, E., Petäjä, T., Kulmala, M., Vehkamäki, H., ... Boy, M. (2019). The role of highly oxygenated organic molecules in the Boreal aerosol-cloud-climate system. Nature Communications, 10, [4370]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12338-8

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