The Essential Role for Laboratory Studies in Atmospheric Chemistry

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04947
• Publication Date: 2017-02-07T15:00:07Z
• Authors: James B. Burkholder; Jonathan P. D. Ab...; Ian Barnes; James M. Roberts; Megan L. Melamed; Markus Ammann; Allan K. Bertram; Christopher D. Cappa; Annmarie G. Carlton; Lucy J. Carpenter; John N. Crowley; Yael Dubowski; Christian George; Dwayne E. Heard; Hartmut Herrmann; Frank N. Keutsch; Jesse H. Kroll; V. Faye McNeill; Nga Lee Ng; Sergey A. Nizkorodov; John J. Orlando; Carl J. Percival; Bénédicte Picquet...; Yinon Rudich; Paul W. Seakins; Jason D. Surratt; Hiroshi Tanimoto; Joel A. Thornton; Zhu Tong; Geoffrey S. Tyndall; Andreas Wahner; Charles J. Weschler; Kevin R. Wilson; Paul J. Ziemann
• Keywords: Atmospheric chemistry

Laboratory studies of atmospheric chemistry characterize the nature atmospherically relevant processes down to molecular level, providing fundamental information used assess how human activities drive environmental phenomena such as climate change, urban air pollution, ecosystem health, indoor quality, and stratospheric ozone depletion. have a central role in addressing incomplete knowledge chemistry. This article highlights evolving science needs for this community emphasizes our is far from complete, hindering ability predict future state atmosphere respond emerging global change issues. provide rich opportunities expand understanding via collaborative research with modeling field measurement communities, neighboring disciplines.