RUI: Reactive Uptake and Heterogeneous Chemistry of Biogenic VOCs on Mineral Aerosol

这个本科生研究机构(RUI)项目正在研究森林和植物的排放物如何作用于大气中小颗粒的表面，从而改变它们的光学性质。这些变化可以改变颗粒吸收或散射太阳辐射的程度，并影响它们对气候的影响。这项研究在一所本科院校进行，由一组本科生研究人员和一名当地高中科学教师在首席研究员的指导下进行。本研究的目的是：(1)测量生物来源的VOCs在矿物基质上的反应吸收；(2)量化大气处理？这些研究包括：(1)研究矿物界面对BVOC吸收的影响；(3)调查表面吸附的BVOCs的异相氧化作用；以及(4)量化BVOCs对矿物气溶胶气候相关性质的影响。这项研究的结果对改进大气中二次有机气溶胶的形成和影响的模型是有用的。该项目支持德鲁大学本科生在物理大气化学方面的积极研究计划，德鲁大学是一所拥有1600名学生的小型文科学院。

This Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) project is investigating how emissions from forests and plants might react on the surfaces of the small particles in the atmosphere to change their optical properties. These changes can alter the extent to which the particles absorb or scatter solar radiation, and influence their impact on climate. The research takes place at an undergraduate institution and the experiments are being performed by an undergraduate team of researchers and one local high school science teacher under the guidance of the Principal Investigator.The objectives of this research are to: (1) Measure the reactive uptake of biogenic VOCs on mineral substrates; (2) Quantify the impact of ?atmospheric processing? on BVOC uptake by mineral interfaces; (3) Investigate the heterogeneous oxidation of surface adsorbed BVOCs; and (4) Quantify the impact of BVOCs on the climate-relevant properties of mineral aerosol. The results of this research are useful for improving models of the formation and impact of secondary organic aerosol in the atmosphere. This project supports an active research program in physical atmospheric chemistry for undergraduate students at Drew University, a small liberal arts college with 1,600 students.