Workshop on Nitrate Radicals and Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): Oxidation, Mechanisms and Organic Aerosol; Atlanta, GA; June 22-24, 2015

该项目支持举办一个小型讲习班，让与会者有机会讨论当前的研究，解决关键悬而未决的问题，并激发未来的研究想法，即在生物圈有挥发性有机物排放的地区，硝酸根化学在大气小颗粒形成中的作用。对这种化学的更深入的了解将改善对气溶胶形成及其对气候和空气质量的影响的模型预测的约束。研讨会将由具有实验室、现场和建模专业知识的研究人员共同确定实验室研究(例如，动力学、机理、产品等)。为了更深入地了解生物挥发性有机化合物(BVOC)和硝酸根(NO3)之间的化学作用。工作坊将包括职业生涯初期的科学家和知名科学家，以及一些年轻的研究人员(博士后和学生)。工作坊预期的结果是：(1)关于BVOC N3化学的综述论文；(2)需要解决的关键科学问题的清单和未来关于BVOCs与硝酸盐自由基氧化的基础研究的方向；(3)关键测量和研究类型的清单(例如，室内实验、流动管研究、湿化学等)。这些成果包括：(1)解决关键科学问题所需的资源；(4)可提交给各种资助机构的合作研究提案；(5)在《大气化学和物理》特刊上发表讲习班上确定的关键科学专题的新发现。

This project supports a small workshop that will provide opportunities for participants to discuss current research, address key outstanding questions, and stimulate future research ideas on the role of nitrate radical chemistry in the formation of small particles in the atmosphere in regions where there are emissions of volatile organics from the biosphere. A deeper understanding of this chemistry will provide improved constraints on model predictions of aerosol formation and their effects on climate and air quality.The workshop will involve researchers with expertise in laboratory, field, and modeling together to identify laboratory studies (e.g., kinetics, mechanisms, products, etc.) to obtain a deeper understanding of the chemical interactions between biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) and nitrate radicals (NO3). The workshop will include early-career scientists and established scientists, as well as a number of younger researchers (post docs and students).The expected results of the workshop are: (1) a review paper on BVOC+NO3 chemistry; (2) a list of key scientific questions to be addressed and directions for future fundamental studies on the oxidation of BVOCs with nitrate radicals; (3) a list of critical measurements and types of studies (e.g., chamber experiments, flow tube studies, wet chemistry, etc.) needed to address the key scientific questions; (4) collaborative research proposals that may be submitted to various funding agencies; and (5) the publication of new findings on key scientific topics identified at the workshop in a special issue in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.