A zero-dimensional view of atmospheric degradation of levoglucosan (LEVCHEM_v1) using numerical chamber simulations

Suciu, Loredana G.; Griffin, Robert J.; Masiello, Caroline A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-907-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-907-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-907-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Model description paper

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12 Feb 2021

Model description paper |

| 12 Feb 2021

A zero-dimensional view of atmospheric degradation of levoglucosan (LEVCHEM_v1) using numerical chamber simulations

Loredana G. Suciu, Robert J. Griffin, and Caroline A. Masiello

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RC1: 'Review of gmd-2020-189', Andrew May, 29 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review of gmd-2020-189', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Aug 2020
AC1: 'AC: Author response to reviewers of gmd-2020-189', Loredana Suciu, 13 Oct 2020

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AR by Loredana Suciu on behalf of the Authors (04 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Nov 2020) by Christina McCluskey

RR by Andrew May (09 Nov 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (20 Nov 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 Nov 2020) by Christina McCluskey

Short summary

Understanding the atmospheric degradation of biomass burning tracers such as levoglucosan is essential to decreasing uncertainties in the role of biomass burning in air quality, carbon cycling and paleoclimate. Using a 0-D modeling approach and numerical chamber simulations, we found that the multiphase atmospheric degradation of levoglucosan occurs over timescales of hours to days, can form secondary organic aerosols and affects other key tropospheric gases, such as ozone.