Identification of secondary fatty alcohols in atmospheric aerosols in temperate forests

Miyazaki, Yuzo; Gowda, Divyavani; Tachibana, Eri; Takahashi, Yoshiyuki; Hiura, Tsutom

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2181-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2181-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2181-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

Research article

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24 May 2019

Research article |

| 24 May 2019

Identification of secondary fatty alcohols in atmospheric aerosols in temperate forests

Yuzo Miyazaki, Divyavani Gowda, Eri Tachibana, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, and Tsutom Hiura

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Final revised paper (published on 24 May 2019)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Reviewer comments', Magda Claeys, 09 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Responses to the comments of Referee#1', Yuzo Miyazaki, 02 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Reviewer Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'Responses to the comments of Referee#2', Yuzo Miyazaki, 02 Apr 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 Apr 2019) by Sebastiaan Luyssaert

AR by Yuzo Miyazaki on behalf of the Authors (28 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 May 2019) by Sebastiaan Luyssaert

AR by Yuzo Miyazaki on behalf of the Authors (08 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Fatty alcohols (FAs) are major components of surface lipids and can act as surface-active atmospheric organic aerosols, influencing the cloud formation. We identified five secondary FAs in atmospheric aerosols at two temperate forest sites and revealed their distinct seasonal variation for the first time. Our results suggest that they originated mostly from plant wax and could be used as useful tracers for primary biological aerosol particles.