Themed collection Chemistry in the Urban Atmosphere
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List of participants
Poster list
Concluding remarks: Faraday Discussion on chemistry in the urban atmosphere
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 661-667
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6FD90019D
Urban particulate matter pollution: a tale of five cities
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 277-290
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00212E
Spiers Memorial Lecture
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 9-29
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6FD00065G
Oxidative potential of size-fractionated atmospheric aerosol in urban and rural sites across Europe
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 381-405
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00196J
OH reactivity in urban and suburban regions in Seoul, South Korea – an East Asian megacity in a rapid transition
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 231-251
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00230C
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Assessing chemistry schemes and constraints in air quality models used to predict ozone in London against the detailed Master Chemical Mechanism
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 589-616
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00218D
The “Parade Blue”: effects of short-term emission control on aerosol chemistry
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 317-335
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6FD00004E
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On the interpretation of in situ HONO observations via photochemical steady state
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 191-212
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00224A
Regional air quality in Leipzig, Germany: detailed source apportionment of size-resolved aerosol particles and comparison with the year 2000
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 291-315
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00228A
Biofuels, vehicle emissions, and urban air quality
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 121-136
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00205B
The characterisation of diesel exhaust particles – composition, size distribution and partitioning
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 69-84
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00185D
Verifiable emission reductions in European urban areas with air-quality models
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 617-633
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00189G
Single-particle measurements of phase partitioning between primary and secondary organic aerosols
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 31-49
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00214A
Ozone production chemistry in the presence of urban plumes
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 169-189
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00204D
Molecular composition of organic aerosols at urban background and road tunnel sites using ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 51-68
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00206K
Atmospheric ethanol in London and the potential impacts of future fuel formulations
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 105-120
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00190K
Non-linear partitioning and organic volatility distributions of urban aerosols
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 515-528
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00209E
Evaluating the performance of low cost chemical sensors for air pollution research
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 85-103
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00201J
Modelling component evaporation and composition change of traffic-induced ultrafine particles during travel from street canyon to urban background
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 529-546
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00164A
Exploring the nitrous acid (HONO) formation mechanism in winter Beijing: direct emissions and heterogeneous production in urban and suburban areas
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 213-230
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00163C
The relative importance of tailpipe and non-tailpipe emissions on the oxidative potential of ambient particles in Los Angeles, CA
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 361-380
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00166H
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Twenty years of ambient observations of nitrogen oxides and specified hydrocarbons in air masses dominated by traffic emissions in Germany
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 407-437
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00180C
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Secondary organic aerosol origin in an urban environment: influence of biogenic and fuel combustion precursors
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 337-359
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00182J
Simulation of particle diversity and mixing state over Greater Paris: a model–measurement inter-comparison
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 547-566
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00175G
Have vehicle emissions of primary NO2 peaked?
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 439-454
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00162E
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Spatially resolved flux measurements of NOx from London suggest significantly higher emissions than predicted by inventories
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 455-472
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00170F
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The treatment of uncertainties in reactive pollution dispersion models at urban scales
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 567-587
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00159E
Numerical modelling strategies for the urban atmosphere: general discussion
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 635-660
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6FD90022D
Urban case studies: general discussion
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 473-514
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6FD90021F
Timescales of mixing and of chemistry: general discussion
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 253-276
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6FD90023B
Chemical complexity of the urban atmosphere and its consequences: general discussion
Faraday Discuss., 2016,189, 137-167
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6FD90020H
About this collection
We are delighted to share with you the papers presented at our Faraday Discussion on Chemistry in the Urban Atmosphere which took place in London, UK in April 2016. A record of the live discussions will be published after the event.
While urban atmospheres vary considerably in composition, they are distinguished clearly from most rural atmospheres by their high primary pollutant loadings and relatively short timescales for reactions. Urban air pollution has major importance in the context of human health, with increasing urbanisation of human populations. Studies of urban atmospheric chemistry can play an important role in defining associated policy measures and determining compliance, if they are sufficiently robust and well understood. The research papers and associated discussions presented here address both key questions and over-arching issues related to understanding the complex and varied chemical processes taking place in the urban atmosphere.
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