TY - T1 - Source characterization of highly oxidized multifunctional compounds in a boreal forest environment using positive matrix factorization SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/168791 T3 - A1 - Yan, Chao; Nie, Wei; Äijälä, Mikko; Rissanen, Matti P.; Canagaratna, Manjula R.; Massoli, Paola; Junninen, Heikki; Jokinen, Tuija; Sarnela, Nina; Häme (o.s. Häkkinen), Silja A. K.; Schobesberger, Siegfried; Canonaco, Francesco; Yao, Lei; Prevot, Andre S. H.; Petäjä, Tuukka; Kulmala, Markku; Sipilä, Mikko; Worsnop, Douglas R.; Ehn, Mikael A2 - PB - Y1 - 2016 LA - eng AB - Highly oxidized multifunctional compounds (HOMs) have been demonstrated to be important for atmospheric secondary organic aerosols (SOA) and new-particle formation (NPF), yet it remains unclear which the main atmospheric HOM formation pathways are. In this study, a nitrate-ion-based chemical ionization atmospheric-pressure-interface time-of-flight mass spectrometer (CI-APi-TOF) was deployed to measure HOMs in the boreal forest in Hyytiala, southern Finland. Positive matrix factorization (PMF) wa... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; MASS-SPECTROMETER; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL; PARTICLE FORMATION; SULFURIC-ACID; PRODUCTS; NUCLEATION; COMPONENTS; ORIGIN; 114 Physical sciences N1 - PP - ER -