TY - JOUR
T1 - Potential pre-industrial–like new particle formation induced by pure biogenic organic vapors in Finnish peatland
AU - Huang, Wei
AU - Junninen, Heikki
AU - Garmash, Olga
AU - Lehtipalo, Katrianne
AU - Stolzenburg, Dominik
AU - Lampilahti, Janne L.P.
AU - Ezhova, Ekaterina
AU - Schallhart, Simon
AU - Rantala, Pekka
AU - Aliaga, Diego
AU - Ahonen, Lauri
AU - Sulo, Juha
AU - Quéléver, Lauriane L.J.
AU - Cai, Runlong
AU - Alekseychik, Pavel
AU - Mazon, Stephany B.
AU - Yao, Lei
AU - Blichner, Sara M.
AU - Zha, Qiaozhi
AU - Mammarella, Ivan
AU - Kirkby, Jasper
AU - Kerminen, Veli-Matti
AU - Worsnop, Douglas R.
AU - Kulmala, Markku
AU - Bianchi, Federico
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/4
Y1 - 2024/4
N2 - Pure biogenic new particle formation (NPF) induced by highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs) could be an important mechanism for pre-industrial aerosol formation. However, it has not been unambiguously confirmed in the ambient due to the scarcity of truly pristine continental locations in the present-day atmosphere or the lack of chemical characterization of NPF precursors. Here, we report ambient observations of pure biogenic HOM-driven NPF over a peatland in southern Finland. Meteorological decoupling processes formed an“air pocket” (i.e., a very shallow surface layer) at night and favored NPF initiated entirely by biogenic HOM from this peatland, whose atmospheric environment closely resembles that of the pre-industrial era. Our study sheds light on preindustrial aerosol formation, which represents the baseline for estimating the impact of present and future aerosol on climate, as well as on future NPF, the features of which may revert toward pre-industrial–like conditions due to air pollution mitigation.
AB - Pure biogenic new particle formation (NPF) induced by highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs) could be an important mechanism for pre-industrial aerosol formation. However, it has not been unambiguously confirmed in the ambient due to the scarcity of truly pristine continental locations in the present-day atmosphere or the lack of chemical characterization of NPF precursors. Here, we report ambient observations of pure biogenic HOM-driven NPF over a peatland in southern Finland. Meteorological decoupling processes formed an“air pocket” (i.e., a very shallow surface layer) at night and favored NPF initiated entirely by biogenic HOM from this peatland, whose atmospheric environment closely resembles that of the pre-industrial era. Our study sheds light on preindustrial aerosol formation, which represents the baseline for estimating the impact of present and future aerosol on climate, as well as on future NPF, the features of which may revert toward pre-industrial–like conditions due to air pollution mitigation.
U2 - 10.1126/sciadv.adm9191
DO - 10.1126/sciadv.adm9191
M3 - Article
C2 - 38569045
AN - SCOPUS:85189767386
SN - 2375-2548
VL - 10
JO - Science Advances
JF - Science Advances
IS - 14
M1 - eadm9191
ER -