Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

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

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12338-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Forests emit compounds into the atmosphere that are oxidized into highly oxygenated molecules that serve as precursors for cloud condensation nuclei–a process that impacts the climate, but is poorly represented in models. Here the authors create a new model that accurately depicts highly oxygenated molecule and climate dynamics over Boreal forests.