PHYSWednesday, April 9, 2008

1:20 PM-5:00 PM Morial Convention Center -- Rm. 343, Oral
Physical Chemistry of Atmospheric Processes
Aerosol Formation, Hygroscopicity, Phase Transitions, and Cloud Nucleation
Organizers:Matthew J. Elrod
Joel Thornton
Presiding:Allan K Bertram
1:20 PMParticle nucleation following the oxidation of biogenic compounds
James B. Burkholder
2:00 PMHygroscopic growth of organic-bearing aerosols: CCN and IN studies
Jonathan Abbatt, Rachel Chang, Zamin Kanji, Nicole Shantz, Jay Slowik
2:40 PMToward understanding the nucleation mechanism for multicomponent systems: An atomistic approach
Bin Chen, Ricky B. Nellas, Samuel J. Keasler, Hyunmi Kim, J. Ilja Siepmann, Joseph S. Francisco
3:00 PMComplex photochemistry in the ionosphere of Titan: Induction by extreme ultraviolet radiation
Mark A. Smith, Hiroshi Imanaka, Doug Archer
3:20 PMIntermission
3:40 PMObservations of new particle formation and growth in the atmosphere
Peter H. McMurry, Kenjiro Iida, Chongai Kuang, Mark Stolzenburg, Alon V. McCormick, Fred L. Eisele, James N. Smith
4:20 PMObservations of nighttime new particle formation in the troposphere
Shan-Hu Lee, David Benson, Li-Hao Young, Markku Kulmala, Heikki Junninen, Tanja Suni, Teresa Campos, Jorgen Jensen
4:40 PMMulticomponent nucleation in Martian atmosphere
Ricky B. Nellas, Bin Chen, J. Ilja Siepmann

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