Atmosphere: Finding the missing particles
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 12:00
in Physics & Chemistry
For the past 20 years, a large portion of the particles measured in the atmosphere were missing from models. At best, models were able to explain one-tenth of the carbon-rich secondary organic aerosols measured in the air. The problem turned out to be a series of fundamental assumptions used in the models due to a lack of experimental data. All of the assumptions have now been proven false.