Rainer Volkamer

University of Colorado at Boulder

Projects

Temperature Dependent High-Resolution UV- and IR-Absorption-Cross-Section Spectra of Low-Volatility SOA Precursor Hydrocarbons in the Gas-Phase

Lead Institution

University of California, San Diego

Principal Investigator

Mario Molina

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal is a continuation of research under EMSL User Proposal #10894. Aerosols pose and increasingly serious concern for public health, agriculture and global climate. Increasing amounts of…

Understanding unique aqueous glyoxal chemistry leading to formation of secondary organic aerosol

Lead Institution

University of Colorado at Boulder

Principal Investigator

Rainer Volkamer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Atmospheric aerosols cool climate by scattering incoming solar radiation, and by modifying cloud cover and thus Earth albedo. Organic aerosol (OA) forms a major fraction of aerosol mass in the…

High-resolution Gas-phase UV- and IR-absorption Cross-sections of Naphthalene to Calibrate the First DOAS Detection of Naphthalene in Mexico City

Lead Institution

University of Colorado at Boulder

Principal Investigator

Rainer Volkamer

Project type

Exploratory Research

As part of a major international collaboration to assess photochemical smog formation in Mexico City, two open-path Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) instruments were temporarily…