2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

This session is intended for researchers wishing to present work on any aspect of chemical or physical processes in the atmosphere of relevance to chemical engineers and atmospheric scientists. Topics may include gas-phase and particulate phase atmospheric chemistry, laboratory studies, modeling, instrumentation, and field measurements.

Chair

Akua Asa-Awuku, UC Riverside

Co-Chairs

Armin Sorooshian, University of Arizona
V. Faye McNeill, Columbia University
Ng Lee Ng, Georgia Institute of Technology

Presentations

08:30 AM

(42a) Photoactivated SOA Formation: Mechanistic Insight from Modeling and Experiments
V. Faye McNeill

08:45 AM

(42b) Effect of Humidity and Particle Acidity SOA Derived from Reaction of Beta-Pinene with Nitrate Radical
Christopher Boyd, Lu Xu, Javier Sanchez, Xiaoxi Liu, Wing-Yin Tuet, Greg Huey, Nga Lee Ng

09:00 AM

(42c) Composition and Oxidative Properties of Particulate Matter Mixtures
Wing-Yin Tuet, Vishal Verma, Julie Champion, Nga Lee Ng

09:15 AM

(42d) Quantify the Impact of Biomass Burning Aerosols on Regional Climate over the Southeastern USA
Peng Liu, Yongtao Hu, Armistead Russell, Athanasios Nenes

09:30 AM

(42e) Evaluating the Role of Natural Variability in Assessments of Climate Change Impacts on Air Quality
Fernando Garcia Menendez, Erwan Monier, Noelle Selin

09:45 AM

(42f) Sector-Based Analysis of Deposited BC in the Arctic and Its Impact on Snow Albedo
Negin Sobhani, Sarika Kulkarni, Gregory Carmichael

10:00 AM

(42g) The Contribution of Different Surfactants within Corexit in Ejection of Oil/Dispersant Material to the Atmosphere
Paria Avij, He Huang, Zenghui Zhang, Francisco R. Hung, Kalliat T. Valsaraj

10:15 AM

(42h) Simulation of Atmospheric Chromium Chemistry
Mehdi Amouei Torkmahalleh, Soudabeh Gorjinezhad