| In my research I study biogenic secondary organic aerosols (biogenic SOA). An aerosol is solid or liquid particles suspended in a gas. Examples are a cloud, a smoke or spray, but an aerosol can also be formed from atmospheric processes such as oxidation. Dependent on their origin, aerosols can either scatter or absorb light. This means that an aerosol can either heat or cool the atmosphere. Despite the fact that biogenic SOA potentially have a large cooling effect little is known about them. Also, anthropogenic pollution may add compounds of unknown toxicity to the biogenic SOA . In order to better understand biogenic SOA and how it is affected by anthropogenic actions I study:
The influence of Anthropogenic pollutants such as NOx, VOCs (especially aldehydes) and SO2 on biogenic SOA.
The influence of the anticipated climate change, i.e. temperature and relative humidity on biogenic SOA. |