Projects

As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year.

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™

Microscopic Observations of Aerosol Mixing State at the Southern Great Plains

Lead Institution

Sonoma Technology

Principal Investigator

Ryan Moffet

Project type

FICUS ARM Research

Changes in chemical mixing state affects large scale processes such as cloud formation and has been a source of considerable uncertainty in atmospheric models. With the development of a new…

Chemical Composition of Newly-Formed Organic Aerosols by Spot-Sampler nano-DESI

Lead Institution

Aerosol Dynamics Inc.

Principal Investigator

Susanne Hering

Project type

FICUS ARM Research

One of the important challenges in elucidating the role of atmospheric particles in global climate is to identify the chemical pathways by which nanometer-sized particles grow to sufficient size to…

Chemical Imaging and Molecular Characterization of Solid Organic Particles Discovered in the Area of Southern Great Plains

Lead Institution

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mary Gilles

Project type

FICUS ARM Research

Recent discovery of solid (glassy) atmospheric soil organic particles (ASOP), emitted through atmosphere-land-surface interactions in the area of Southern Great Plains (SGP) suggests that ASOP may…

Growth of newly formed particles and formation of cloud condensation nuclei

Lead Institution

Washington University in St. Louis

Principal Investigator

Jian Wang

Project type

FICUS ARM Research

New particle formation (NPF) in the atmosphere strongly influences the concentration of atmospheric aerosol particles, and therefore their impact on clouds and climate. Model simulations show that…