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Contribution of Wildland-Fire Smoke to US PM2.5 and Its Influence on Recent Trends by O’Dell, Katelyn, Ford, Bonne, Fischer, Emily V, Pierce, Jeffrey R

“…Seasonal-mean concentrations of particulate matter with diameters smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) have been decreasing across the United States (US) for several…”
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Global Estimates and Long-Term Trends of Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations (1998–2018) by Hammer, Melanie S, van Donkelaar, Aaron, Li, Chi, Lyapustin, Alexei, Sayer, Andrew M, Hsu, N. Christina, Levy, Robert C, Garay, Michael J, Kalashnikova, Olga V, Kahn, Ralph A, Brauer, Michael, Apte, Joshua S, Henze, Daven K, Zhang, Li, Zhang, Qiang, Ford, Bonne, Pierce, Jeffrey R, Martin, Randall V

“…Exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a leading risk factor for mortality. We develop global estimates of annual PM2.5 concentrations and…”
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Revisiting particle dry deposition and its role in radiative effect estimates by Emerson, Ethan W., Hodshire, Anna L., DeBolt, Holly M., Bilsback, Kelsey R., Pierce, Jeffrey R., McMeeking, Gavin R., Farmer, Delphine K.

“…Wet and dry deposition remove aerosols from the atmosphere, and these processes control aerosol lifetime and thus impact climate and air quality. Dry…”
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Recent advances in understanding secondary organic aerosol: Implications for global climate forcing by Shrivastava, Manish, Cappa, Christopher D., Fan, Jiwen, Goldstein, Allen H., Guenther, Alex B., Jimenez, Jose L., Kuang, Chongai, Laskin, Alexander, Martin, Scot T., Ng, Nga Lee, Petaja, Tuukka, Pierce, Jeffrey R., Rasch, Philip J., Roldin, Pontus, Seinfeld, John H., Shilling, John, Smith, James N., Thornton, Joel A., Volkamer, Rainer, Wang, Jian, Worsnop, Douglas R., Zaveri, Rahul A., Zelenyuk, Alla, Zhang, Qi

“…Anthropogenic emissions and land use changes have modified atmospheric aerosol concentrations and size distributions over time. Understanding preindustrial…”
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Aging Effects on Biomass Burning Aerosol Mass and Composition: A Critical Review of Field and Laboratory Studies by Hodshire, Anna L, Akherati, Ali, Alvarado, Matthew J, Brown-Steiner, Benjamin, Jathar, Shantanu H, Jimenez, Jose L, Kreidenweis, Sonia M, Lonsdale, Chantelle R, Onasch, Timothy B, Ortega, Amber M, Pierce, Jeffrey R

“…Biomass burning is a major source of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) with impacts on health, climate, and air quality. The particles and vapors within…”
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Simultaneous influences of thermodynamics and aerosols on deep convection and lightning in the tropics by Stolz, Douglas C., Rutledge, Steven A., Pierce, Jeffrey R.

“…Convective features (CFs) observed by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite between 2004 and 2011 are analyzed to determine the relative roles of…”
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The contribution of organics to atmospheric nanoparticle growth by Riipinen, Ilona, Yli-Juuti, Taina, Pierce, Jeffrey R., Petäjä, Tuukka, Worsnop, Douglas R., Kulmala, Markku, Donahue, Neil M.

“…The growth of the smallest atmospheric particles to sizes at which they may act as seeds for cloud droplets is a key step linking aerosols to clouds and…”
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Oxygenated Aromatic Compounds are Important Precursors of Secondary Organic Aerosol in Biomass-Burning Emissions by Akherati, Ali, He, Yicong, Coggon, Matthew M, Koss, Abigail R, Hodshire, Anna L, Sekimoto, Kanako, Warneke, Carsten, de Gouw, Joost, Yee, Lindsay, Seinfeld, John H, Onasch, Timothy B, Herndon, Scott C, Knighton, Walter B, Cappa, Christopher D, Kleeman, Michael J, Lim, Christopher Y, Kroll, Jesse H, Pierce, Jeffrey R, Jathar, Shantanu H

“…Biomass burning is the largest combustion-related source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to the atmosphere. We describe the development of a…”
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An evaluation of global organic aerosol schemes using airborne observations by Pai, Sidhant J, Heald, Colette L, Pierce, Jeffrey R, Farina, Salvatore C, Marais, Eloise A, Jimenez, Jose L, Campuzano-Jost, Pedro, Nault, Benjamin A, Middlebrook, Ann M, Coe, Hugh, Shilling, John E, Bahreini, Roya, Dingle, Justin H, Vu, Kennedy

“…Chemical transport models have historically struggled to accurately simulate the magnitude and variability of observed organic aerosol (OA), with previous…”
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The potential role of methanesulfonic acid (MSA) in aerosol formation and growth and the associated radiative forcings by Hodshire, Anna L, Campuzano-Jost, Pedro, Kodros, John K, Croft, Betty, Nault, Benjamin A, Schroder, Jason C, Jimenez, Jose L, Pierce, Jeffrey R

“…Atmospheric marine aerosol particles impact Earth's albedo and climate. These particles can be primary or secondary and come from a variety of sources,…”
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Processes controlling the annual cycle of Arctic aerosol number and size distributions by Croft, Betty, Martin, Randall V., Leaitch, W. Richard, Tunved, Peter, Breider, Thomas J., D'Andrea, Stephen D., Pierce, Jeffrey R.

“…Measurements at high-Arctic sites (Alert, Nunavut, and Mt. Zeppelin, Svalbard) during the years 2011 to 2013 show a strong and similar annual cycle in aerosol…”
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Rethinking Organic Aerosols: Semivolatile Emissions and Photochemical Aging by Robinson, Allen L, Donahue, Neil M, Shrivastava, Manish K, Weitkamp, Emily A, Sage, Amy M, Grieshop, Andrew P, Lane, Timothy E, Pierce, Jeffrey R, Pandis, Spyros N

“…Most primary organic-particulate emissions are semivolatile; thus, they partially evaporate with atmospheric dilution, creating substantial amounts of…”
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Environmental controls on storm intensity and charge structure in multiple regions of the continental United States by Fuchs, Brody R., Rutledge, Steven A., Bruning, Eric C., Pierce, Jeffrey R., Kodros, John K., Lang, Timothy J., MacGorman, Donald R., Krehbiel, Paul R., Rison, William

“…A database consisting of approximately 4000 storm observations has been objectively analyzed to determine environmental characteristics that produce high radar…”
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Characterization of organic aerosol across the global remote troposphere: a comparison of ATom measurements and global chemistry models by Hodzic, Alma, Campuzano-Jost, Pedro, Bian, Huisheng, Chin, Mian, Colarco, Peter R., Day, Douglas A., Froyd, Karl D., Heinold, Bernd, Jo, Duseong S., Katich, Joseph M., Kodros, John K., Nault, Benjamin A., Pierce, Jeffrey R., Ray, Eric, Schacht, Jacob, Schill, Gregory P., Schroder, Jason C., Schwarz, Joshua P., Sueper, Donna T., Tegen, Ina, Tilmes, Simone, Tsigaridis, Kostas, Yu, Pengfei, Jimenez, Jose L.

“…The spatial distribution and properties of submicron organic aerosol (OA) are among the key sources of uncertainty in our understanding of aerosol effects on…”
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Constraining uncertainties in particle-wall deposition correction during SOA formation in chamber experiments by Nah, Theodora, McVay, Renee C, Pierce, Jeffrey R, Seinfeld, John H, Ng, Nga L

“…The effect of vapor-wall deposition on secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation has gained significant attention; however, uncertainties in experimentally…”
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Effects of near-source coagulation of biomass burning aerosols on global predictions of aerosol size distributions and implications for aerosol radiative effects by Ramnarine, Emily, Kodros, John K, Hodshire, Anna L, Lonsdale, Chantelle R, Alvarado, Matthew J, Pierce, Jeffrey R

“…Biomass burning is a significant global source of aerosol number and mass. In fresh biomass burning plumes, aerosol coagulation reduces aerosol number and…”
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Estimated Mortality and Morbidity Attributable to Smoke Plumes in the United States: Not Just a Western US Problem by O’Dell, Katelyn, Bilsback, Kelsey, Ford, Bonne, Martenies, Sheena E., Magzamen, Sheryl, Fischer, Emily V., Pierce, Jeffrey R.

“…As anthropogenic emissions continue to decline and emissions from landscape (wild, prescribed, and agricultural) fires increase across the coming century, the…”
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Global burden of mortalities due to chronic exposure to ambient PM2.5 from open combustion of domestic waste by Kodros, John K, Wiedinmyer, Christine, Ford, Bonne, Cucinotta, Rachel, Gan, Ryan, Magzamen, Sheryl, Pierce, Jeffrey R

“…Uncontrolled combustion of domestic waste has been observed in many countries, creating concerns for air quality; however, the health implications have not yet…”
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Reducing Aerosol Forcing Uncertainty by Combining Models With Satellite and Within-The-Atmosphere Observations: A Three-Way Street by Kahn, Ralph A., Andrews, Elisabeth, Brock, Charles A., Chin, Mian, Feingold, Graham, Gettelman, Andrew, Levy, Robert C., Murphy, Daniel M., Nenes, Athanasios, Popp, Thomas, Redemann, Jens, Sayer, Andrew M., Silva, Arlindo M. da, Sogacheva, Larisa, Stier, Philip

“…Aerosol forcing uncertainty represents the largest climate forcing uncertainty overall. Its magnitude has remained virtually undiminished over the past 20…”
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Equilibration time scales of organic aerosol inside thermodenuders: Evaporation kinetics versus thermodynamics by Riipinen, Ilona, Pierce, Jeffrey R., Donahue, Neil M., Pandis, Spyros N.

“…The interpretation of thermodenuder (TD) data often relies on the assumption that thermodynamic equilibrium is reached inside the instrument. We modeled the…”
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