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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2025-1371</article-id>
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<article-title>Unveiling the Formation of Atmospheric Oxygenated Organic Molecules under Anthropogenic-Biogenic Interactions: Insights from Binned Positive Matrix Factorization on Multi-Subrange Mass Spectra</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yin</surname>
<given-names>Junchao</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Yuliang</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0028-9102</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Nie</surname>
<given-names>Wei</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6048-0515</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yan</surname>
<given-names>Chao</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5735-9597</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zha</surname>
<given-names>Qiaozhi</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Yuanyuan</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ge</surname>
<given-names>Dafeng</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6949-3301</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Chong</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhu</surname>
<given-names>Caijun</given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chi</surname>
<given-names>Xuguang</given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ding</surname>
<given-names>Aijun</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4481-5386</ext-link>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Research,  School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>National Observation and Research Station for Atmospheric Processes and  Environmental Change in Yangtze River Delta, Nanjing, 210023, China</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>now at: Hubei Province Academy of Eco-Environmental Sciences, Wuhan, China</addr-line>
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<label>4</label>
<addr-line>These authors contributed equally to this work.</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>22</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>2025</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>27</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2025 Junchao Yin et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
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<p>Oxygenated organic molecules (OOMs), which are low-volatility intermediates produced via volatile organic compound (VOC) oxidation, play a critical role in secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation through gas-to-particle conversion. Despite recent advancements in OOM characterization, the high complexity of OOM spectra poses a significant challenge in the interpretation of their sources. This study investigates OOM formation in a Chinese megacity using an improved analytical strategy that integrates binned Positive Matrix Factorization on multiple sub-range mass spectral analysis. Unlike traditional approaches that handle mass spectral peak identification and chemical interpretation sequentially, our method simultaneously optimizes both, reducing uncertainties associated with peak assignment and chemical analysis. The method successfully identified 2571 OOM molecules and systematically revealed major OOM formation pathways through 11 distinct factors: five daytime photochemical processes, four nighttime NO&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;-driven oxidation processes, and two regional mixed sources. Notably, this approach enabled the successful separation of sesquiterpene oxidation products in ambient measurements&amp;mdash;compounds previously unidentified by traditional full-mass-range analysis due to their weak signals. The method captured dynamic changes in OOM composition under varying environmental conditions, demonstrating the influence of temperature and NO&lt;sub&gt;x&lt;/sub&gt; levels on OOM formation, as well as the volatility-dependent patterns influenced by condensation sink. This improved analytical strategy provides new insights into atmospheric OOM chemistry and establishes a robust foundation for future studies of VOCs-OOMs-SOA conversion mechanisms.</p>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
<award-id>42220104006</award-id>
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<funding-source>Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Jiangsu Province</funding-source>
<award-id>BK20240067</award-id>
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<funding-source>Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province</funding-source>
<award-id>BK20230773</award-id>
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