Sophia Brilke

TL;DR: It is shown that organic vapours alone can drive nucleation, and a particle growth model is presented that quantitatively reproduces the measurements and implements a parameterization of the first steps of growth in a global aerosol model that can change substantially in response to concentrations of atmospheric cloud concentration nuclei.

TL;DR: Ion-induced nucleation of pure organic particles constitutes a potentially widespread source of aerosol particles in terrestrial environments with low sulfuric acid pollution.

TL;DR: How NOx suppresses particle formation is shown, while HOMs, sulfuric acid, and NH3 have a synergistic enhancing effect on particle formation, elucidate the complex interactions between biogenic and anthropogenic vapors in the atmospheric aerosol system.

TL;DR: Measurements in the CLOUD chamber at CERN show that the rapid condensation of ammonia and nitric acid vapours could be important for the formation and survival of new particles in wintertime urban conditions, contributing to urban smog.

TL;DR: Model simulations show that the pure biogenic particle formation mechanism has a much larger relative effect on CCN concentrations in the preindustrial atmosphere than in the present atmosphere because of the lower aerosol concentrations, and the cooling forcing of anthropogenic aerosols is reduced.