Abstract
An estimated budget of organic substances in the atmosphere is compiled to whow the importance of organics in the aerosol. The distribution of organic compounds in background aerosols is estimated and it will be shown that the Aitken particles probably consist of roughly one quarter of organic substances. This is important for the dynamics of the aerosol and calculations are presented to estimate the aerosol production distribution for gas-to-particle conversion processes.
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Jaenicke, R. The role of organic material in atmospheric aerosols. PAGEOPH 116, 283–292 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01636885
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