Article: Potential photooxidation pathways of dicarboxylic acids in atmospheric droplets.(Technical report)

INTRODUCTION

Water-soluble organic species (WSOS) have recently received more attention because they have been assumed to be partially responsible for the water uptake of airborne particulates. Low molecular weight dicarboxylic acids (DCAs, [C.sub.2]-[C.sub.9] DCAs), one of major classes of WSOS, contribute up to 50% of the organic aerosol mass (1), can play an important role in both direct and indirect aerosol forcing (2), (3), (4), (5). Researchers have indicated that secondary formation through atmospheric oxidation could contribute to airborne DCAs (6), (7), (8), while limited effort has been devoted to understand atmospheric photooxidation processes ...

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