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Agnès Borbon
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Project: Evaluating emissions and chemistry of organic carbon at urban and regional scalesThe objective of Agnès Borbon’s sabbatical project is to evaluate emissions and chemistry of organic carbon both in the gaseous and aerosol phase with a focus on the early stages of organic aerosol formation. This project is based on extensive observations collected in urban atmospheres including long-term time series and two intensive field campaigns in Paris and Los Angeles. Through the combined interpretation of VOC-organic aerosol data from a European and a North American megacity, Borbon expects to be able to draw more universal conclusions about the emissions and chemical transformation of organic carbon in the polluted atmosphere. These conclusions will be helpful to policymakers both in designing effective abatement strategies of air pollutants, as well as in predicting the atmospheric chemistry of VOCs and organic aerosols in a future, warmer climate, as well as the feedbacks of these species on the climate system. Sponsor: Joost de Gouw Email: borbon@lisa.univ-paris12.fr |
