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Aerosol and Environmental Science group

at the Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences

Presentation at the IMPRS Lecture cycle "What aerosol does in the atmosphere ..."

Presentation on the 24th of June:    Nucleation of biogenic VOC and secondary organic aerosol (Boris Bonn)

This research group investigates emissions and atmospheric processes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The main focus is set on biogenic VOCs such as terpenes, which contribute significantly by number and mass to tropospheric aerosol formation.

In this area there are currently significant gaps in various fields. In our research we aim to contribute to closure and to improve the current knowledge.

Understanding the emissions and atmospheric concentrations of VOCs

Poster EGU

Bonn et al. (2007). Ambient sesquiterpene concentration and its link to air ion measurements. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 2893–2916.

Effect of vegetation structure and biodiversity on emissions

Understanding of atmospheric new particle formation

Poster EGU

Bonn, Kulmala, Riipinen, Sihto and Ruuskanen (2008): How biogenic terpenes govern the correlation between sulfuric acid concentrations and new particle formation. J. Geophys. Res., accepted.

Boy et al. (2008): New particle formation in the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 1577-1590

Participation in detected nucleation events

Example: Mt. Kleiner Feldberg (Taunus observatory, 810 m a.s.l.)

Groth, Trawny, Borchert and Bonn (2008), in preparation.

Formation of fragile substances, produced in the initial stage of aerosol formation and their conversion to oligomers and polymers in the following

 Contribution to cloud formation

Plan: Investigating the role of secondary organics in ice nuclei formation using a newly virtual wall reactor

and

Climate feedbacks of vegetation.

Spracklen, Bonn, and Carslaw (2008): Boreal Forests, Aerosols and the Impacts on Climate. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, in press.

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