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

该项目支持一个小型研讨会，将为与会者提供机会，讨论当前的研究，解决关键的悬而未决的问题，并激发未来的研究思路硝酸根化学的作用，在形成小颗粒在大气中的地区，有挥发性有机物的排放从生物圈。 对这种化学的深入了解将为气溶胶形成及其对气候和空气质量的影响的模型预测提供更好的约束。研讨会将邀请具有实验室、现场和建模专业知识的研究人员共同参与，以确定实验室研究（例如，动力学、机制、产品等）深入了解生物挥发性有机化合物（BVOC）和硝酸根（NO3）之间的化学相互作用。研讨会将包括早期职业科学家和成熟的科学家，以及一些年轻的研究人员研讨会的预期成果是：（1）关于BVOC+NO3化学的综述论文;（2）关于硝酸根氧化BVOC的关键科学问题和未来基础研究方向的清单;（3）关键测量和研究类型的列表（例如，室实验、流管研究、湿化学等）研讨会的主要成果包括：（1）为解决关键科学问题所需的科学研究计划;（2）可能提交给各资助机构的合作研究提案;（3）在《大气化学和物理学》特刊上发表研讨会上确定的关键科学专题的新研究成果。

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.