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    The impact of biogenic volatile organic compounds emission on photochemical processes occurring in the troposphere
    (2013) Bogacki, Marek; Syguła, Paulina
    Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) have a significant impact on air quality in the ground layer of the atmosphere and they play a major role in forming the climate. They are the main precursors of tropospheric ozone and they are a source of secondary organic aerosols in the atmosphere. Indirectly they also affect the dimate-forming processes. The paper presents the influence of BVOCs on photochemical processes occurring in the atmosphere. The main mechanisms of reactions associated with BVOC oxidation in the air and the formation of secondary organic aerosols have been discussed here. Physico-chemical conditions of the course of the indicated mechanisms have been identified. The problems and uncertainties faced by atmospheric chemists while preparing a qualitative and quantitative description of chemical reactions in the atmosphere involving BVOCs have been discussed as well.