BIOFOR
Biogenic Aerosol Formation over the Boreal Forest

BIOFOR aims to elucidate and understand the processes and conditions which control and promote new particle formation over the Boreal forest regions; to quantify the flux of organic gases from the forest and to explore the flux of aerosol to and from the forest canopy. Measurement campaigns will take place over the boreal forest in Finland, at the SMEAR II research station.
Related Publications
O'Dowd,
C.D., E. Becker, J.M. Makela, M. Kulmala, Aerosol physic-chemical characteristics
over a boreal forest determined by volatility analysis, Boreal Environment Research,
in press 2000 PDF
Becker, E.J., C.D. O'Dowd, C. Hoell, P. Aalto, J. M. Mäkelä, and M
Kulmala, Organic contribution to sub-micron aerosol evolution over the boreal
forest - a case study, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 1, 5511, 1999.
Kulmala,
M.,M. Dal Maso, J.M. Mäkelä, L. Pirjola, M. Väkevä, P. Aalto,
P. Miikkulainen, K. Hämeri and C.D. O'Dowd, On the Formation, growth and
composition of nucleation mode particles, submitted to Tellus, 2000
Kulmala, M., K. Hämeri, P.P. Aalto, J.M. Makela, L. Pirjola, E.D. Nilsson,
G. Buzorius, U. Rannik, M. Dal Maso, W. Seidl, T. Hoffmann, R. Janson, H-C.
Hansson, Y. Viisanen, and A. Laaksonen, C.D. O'Dowd, Overview of the international
project on biogenic aerosol formation in the boreal forest (BIOFOR), submitted
to Tellus, 2000.
Nilsson, E.D., U. Rannik, C.D. O'Dowd, G. Buzorius, M. Boy, and L. Laakso, Effects
of continental boundary layer evolution, convection, turbulence and entrainment
on aerosol formation, Submitted to Tellus, 2000.
Aalto, P.P., K. Hämeri, E. Becker, R. Weber, J. Salm, J.M. Mäkelä,
C. Hoell, C.D. O'Dowd, H. Karlsson, H-C. Hansson, M. Väkevä, I. Koponen,
G. Buzorius, and M. Kulmala, Physical characteristics of aerosol particles during
nucleation events. Submitted to Tellus, 2000.
Kulmala,
M. K. Hämeri, J.M. Mäkelä, P. P. Aalto, L. Pirjola, M. Väkevä,
E. D. Nilsson, I.K.Koponen, G. Buzorius, P. Keronen, g. Rannik, L. Laakso, T.
Vesala, K. Bigg, W. Seidl, R. Forkel, T. Hoffmann, J. Spanke, R. Jansson, M.
Shimmo, H-C. Hansson, C.D. O'Dowd, E. Becker, J. Paatero, K. Teinilä, R.
Hillamo, amd Y. Viisanen, Biogenic aerosol formation in the boreal forest, Boreal
Environment Research, in press, 2000