1. Rural continental aerosol properties and processes observed during the Hohenpeissenberg Aerosol Characterization Experiment (HAZE2002) N. Hock, J. Schneider, S. Borrmann, A.Römpp, G. Moortgat, T. Franze, C. Schauer, U. Pöschl, C. Plass-Dülmer, and H. Berresheim ACP, 2008, Vol.8, pp. 603-623 Size-resolved chemical composition of submicron particles; total particle number concentrations and size distributions over the diameter range of 3 nm to 9 μm (23±39)% ammonium nitrate, (27±23)% ammonium sulfate, and (50±40)% organics Observed nucleation agrees with ternary H2SO4/H2O/NH3 nucleation and that condensation of both organic and inorganic species contributed to particle growth Chemical composition of free tropospheric aerosol for PM1 and coarse mode at the high alpine site Jungfraujoch J. Cozic, B. Verheggen, E. Weingartner, J. Crosier, K. N. Bower, M. Flynn, H. Coe, S. Henning, M. Steinbacher, S. Henne, M. Collaud Coen, A. Petzold, and U. Baltensperger ACP, 2008, Vol.8, pp. 407-423

2. The aerosol distribution in Europe derived with the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model: comparison to near surface in-situ and sunphotometer measurements V. Matthias ACPD, 2008, Vol.8, pp. 1457-1503 The AOD derived from the model results is 20–70% lower than the values observed within AERONET. This is mainly attributed to the missing aerosol mass in the model. Changes in aerosol properties during spring-summer period in the Arctic troposphere A.-C. Engvall, R. Krejci, J. Ström, R. Treffeisen, R. Scheele, O. Hermansen, and J. Paatero ACP, 2008, Vol.8, pp. 445-462 air-mass transport is an important factor modulating the physical and chemical properties observed the rapid shift in aerosol microphysical properties between the Arctic spring and summer is mainly driven by the incoming solar radiation in concert with transport of precursor gases and changes in condensational sink

3. First retrieval of tropospheric aerosol profiles using MAX-DOAS and comparison with lidar and sky radiometer measurements H. Irie, Y. Kanaya, H. Akimoto, H. Iwabuchi, A. Shimizu, and K. Aoki ACP, 2008, Vol.8, pp. 341-350 Estimation of Asian dust aerosol effect on cloud radiation forcing using Fu- Liou radiative model and CERES measurements J. Su, J. Huang, Q. Fu, P. Minnis, J. Ge, and J. Bi ACPD, 2008, Vol.8, pp. 2061-2084 satellite-retrieved cloud properties are significantly different in the dusty regions and can influence the radiative forcing indirectly aerosol-induced cloud warming is mainly the result of the semi-direct effect of dust Surface observation of sand and dust storm in East Asia and its application in CUACE/Dust Y. Q. Wang, X. Y. Zhang, S. L. Gong, C. H. Zhou, X. Q. Hu, H. L. Liu, T. Niu, and Y. Q. Yang ACP, 2008, Vol.8, pp. 545-553

4. Estimation of the aerosol radiative forcing at ground level, over land, and in cloudless atmosphere, from METEOSAT-7 observation: method and case study T. Elias and J.-L. Roujean ACP, 2008, Vol.8, pp. 625-636 We prove the feasibility to infer instantaneous aerosol radiative impact at the ground level over land with METEOSAT-7 visible channel Reproduces measurements of solar flux at surface within an accuracy assessment of 20Wm−2 (5% in relative) in 70% of the situations, and within 40Wm−2 in 90% of the situations

5. Simulation of aerosol optical properties over Europe with a 3-D size- resolved aerosol model: comparisons with AERONET data M. Tombette, P. Chazette, and B. Sportisse ACPD, 2008, Vol.8, pp. 1321-1365