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Executive editors : Ken Carslaw & Barbara Ervens
eISSN: ACP 1680-7324, ACPD 1680-7375

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of studies investigating Earth's atmosphere and the underlying chemical and physical processes. ACP publishes studies with important implications for our understanding of the state and behaviour of the atmosphere and climate, including the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere.

Topics include gases, aerosols, clouds, precipitation, dynamics, radiation and their role in the Earth's climate system (including the biosphere, hydrosphere, and cryosphere). Research activities include laboratory studies, field measurements, remote sensing, modelling and data analysis, and machine learning (for details see journal subject areas).

Transparent peer review for 20 years: for 20 years, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics has been a pioneer in transparent peer review. Submitted preprints, reviews, and author replies are posted and permanently archived on the journal website. This unique approach ensures the highest levels of scientific transparency and integrity, as well as fair peer review for authors.
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News

28 Sep 2023 ACP appoints 18 new climate physics editors

We are pleased to announce the appointment of 18 new editors in the subject area of climate physics. The appointments follow a strategic decision by the journal to offer the community greater coverage of physical climate science, including cloud physics, atmospheric dynamics, boundary layer turbulence, precipitation processes, the water cycle and climate feedback processes. Please read more.

28 Sep 2023 ACP appoints 18 new climate physics editors

We are pleased to announce the appointment of 18 new editors in the subject area of climate physics. The appointments follow a strategic decision by the journal to offer the community greater coverage of physical climate science, including cloud physics, atmospheric dynamics, boundary layer turbulence, precipitation processes, the water cycle and climate feedback processes. Please read more.

22 Sep 2023 ACP senior editor, Xiaohong Liu, and founding executive editor of ACP, Uli Pöschl, elected as AGU Fellows

Congratulations to Xiaohong Liu and Uli Pöschl for being elected as American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellows! Xiaohong has been recognized for his exceptional contributions to the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of aerosol impacts on clouds and climate and advancing atmospheric models. Uli has received this honour for his transformative contributions to the understanding of atmospheric multiphase processes and their impacts on the Earth system and public health. Their election as AGU Fellows demonstrates the high recognition and reputation of our editorial board members in the global atmospheric science community.

22 Sep 2023 ACP senior editor, Xiaohong Liu, and founding executive editor of ACP, Uli Pöschl, elected as AGU Fellows

Congratulations to Xiaohong Liu and Uli Pöschl for being elected as American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellows! Xiaohong has been recognized for his exceptional contributions to the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of aerosol impacts on clouds and climate and advancing atmospheric models. Uli has received this honour for his transformative contributions to the understanding of atmospheric multiphase processes and their impacts on the Earth system and public health. Their election as AGU Fellows demonstrates the high recognition and reputation of our editorial board members in the global atmospheric science community.

Highlight articles

06 Nov 2023
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Opinion: A critical evaluation of the evidence for aerosol invigoration of deep convection
Adam C. Varble, Adele L. Igel, Hugh Morrison, Wojciech W. Grabowski, and Zachary J. Lebo
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 13791–13808, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13791-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13791-2023, 2023
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03 Nov 2023
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Mechanisms controlling giant sea salt aerosol size distributions along a tropical orographic coastline
Katherine L. Ackerman, Alison D. Nugent, and Chung Taing
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 13735–13753, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13735-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13735-2023, 2023
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Recent papers

28 Nov 2023
Undetected biogenic volatile organic compounds from Norway spruce drive total ozone reactivity measurements
Steven Job Thomas, Toni Tykkä, Heidi Hellén, Federico Bianchi, and Arnaud P. Praplan
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 14627–14642, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14627-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14627-2023, 2023
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27 Nov 2023
Boundary of nighttime ozone chemical equilibrium in the mesopause region: long-term evolution determined using 20-year satellite observations
Mikhail Yu. Kulikov, Mikhail V. Belikovich, Aleksey G. Chubarov, Svetlana O. Dementyeva, and Alexander M. Feigin
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 14593–14608, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14593-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14593-2023, 2023
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27 Nov 2023
Trace elements in PM2.5 aerosols in East Asian outflow in the spring of 2018: emission, transport, and source apportionment
Takuma Miyakawa, Akinori Ito, Chunmao Zhu, Atsushi Shimizu, Erika Matsumoto, Yusuke Mizuno, and Yugo Kanaya
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 14609–14626, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14609-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14609-2023, 2023
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27 Nov 2023
Observational study of factors influencing the dispersion of warm fog droplet spectrum in Xishuangbanna, China
Zhenya An and Xiaoli Liu
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2516,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2516, 2023
Preprint under review for ACP (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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27 Nov 2023
Suppressed atmospheric chemical aging of cooking organic aerosol particles in wintertime conditions
Wenli Liu, Longkun He, Yingjun Liu, Keren Liao, Qi Chen, and Mikinori Kuwata
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2657,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2657, 2023
Preprint under review for ACP (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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Scheduled special issues

10 Nov 2023–indefinite | ACP co-editors | Coordinators: Aurélien Dommergue (Grenoble Alpes University, France) and Ralf Ebinghaus (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany)| Co-organizers: Ashu Dastoor (Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada), Helene Angot (CNRS/Grenoble Alpes University, France), Aryeh Feinberg (Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA), Che-Jen Lin (Lamar University, USA), Andrei Ryjkov (Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada), Oleg Travnikov (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia), and Qingru Wu (State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, China) | Information
02 Nov 2023–31 Oct 2026 | ACP co-editors | Coordinators: Maria Kanakidou (University of Crete, Greece) and James Allan (University of Manchester, UK) | Co-organizers: Suzanne Fietz (Stellenbosch University, South Afrca), Douglas Hamilton (North Carolina State University, USA), Akinori Ito (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan), Morgane Perron (Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin, France), and Mingjin Tang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) | Information
01 Oct 2023–31 Aug 2025 | ACP co-editors | Coordinators: Lisa Whalley (University of Leeds, United Kingdom), Manabu Shiraiwa (University of California, Irvine, United States), | Co-organizers: Christopher Cantrell (Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, France), Valérie Gros (French National Centre for Scientific Research, France), and Piero Di Carlo (University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy) | Information
26 Jun 2023–30 Jun 2025 | ACP co-editors | Coordinators: Martina Krämer and Paul Zieger | Co-organizers: Manfred Wendisch and Susanne Crewell | Information
01 Mar 2023–30 Apr 2024 | ACP co-editors | Coordinators: Bryan N. Duncan and Andreas Hofzumahaus | Co-organizers: Owen R. Cooper and Martin G. Schultz | Information
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