| Literature DB >> 11932734 |
Colin D O'Dowd1, Pasi Aalto, Kaarle Hmeri, Markku Kulmala, Thorsten Hoffmann.
Abstract
Aerosol particles produced over forested areas may affect climate by acting as nuclei for cloud condensation, but their composition (and hence the chemical species that drive their production) remains an open question. Here we show, to our knowledge for the first time, that these newly formed particles (3-5 nm in diameter) are composed primarily of organic species, such as cis-pinonic acid and pinic acid, produced by oxidation of terpenes in organic vapours released from the canopy.Entities:
Year: 2002 PMID: 11932734 DOI: 10.1038/416497a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962