Aerosol particles affect climate directly and indirectly. The direct climatic effect is via scattering and absorption of radiation and the indirect effect is mostly by affecting the properties of clouds and precipitation. These climatic effects impose one of the largest uncertainties in our understanding of the climate system. Recent studies have shown that organic matter, natural and anthropogenic, is dominating the tropospheric aerosol mass and affects its properties. We will discuss laboratory studies that focus on studying the properties and processes of organic aerosols with emphasis on their interaction with vapor pressure, physical properties, optical properties, and density. We will emphasize the experimental approach and highlight the increased complexity of the studied systems.
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Rudich, Y. et al. (2007). Laboratory Studies on the Properties and Processes of Complex Organic Aerosols. In: O'Dowd, C.D., Wagner, P.E. (eds) Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6475-3_233
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