Organic Aerosol Formation Downwind from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

• DOI: 10.1126/science.1200320
• Publication Date: 2011-03-10T19:51:51Z
• Authors: J. A. de Gouw; A. M. Middlebrook; C. Warneke; R. Ahmadov; E. L. Atlas; R. Bahreini; D. R. Blake; C. A. Brock; J. Brioude; D. W. Fahey; F. C. Fehsenfeld; J. S. Holloway; M. Le Henaff; R. A. Lueb; S. A. McKeen; J. F. Meagher; D. M. Murphy; C. Paris; D. D. Parrish; A. E. Perring; I. B. Pollack; A. R. Ravishankara; A. L. Robinson; T. B. Ryerson; J. P. Schwarz; J. R. Spackman; A. Srinivasan; L. A. Watts
• Keywords: General Science & Technology; 13. Climate action; Earth Sciences; 14. Life underwater; 01 natural sciences; Atmospheric Sciences; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Organic compounds of intermediate volatility play an important role in the formation of secondary organic aerosols.