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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-2026-1677</article-id>
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<article-title>Chemical characteristics and environmental drivers of nitrogen-containing organic aerosol formation in coastal and inland urban atmospheres in Myanmar</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Ning</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Feng</surname>
<given-names>Jialiang</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>2</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>O'Meara</surname>
<given-names>Simon Patrick</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Ziyi</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>5</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ma</surname>
<given-names>Yingge</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>6</sup>
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<sup>7</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ge</surname>
<given-names>Xinlei</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>8</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Wenjing</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>9</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chiacchiaretta</surname>
<given-names>Piero</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1089-9809</ext-link>
</name>
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<sup>10</sup>
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<sup>11</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Carlo</surname>
<given-names>Piero Di</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4971-4509</ext-link>
</name>
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<sup>10</sup>
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<sup>11</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>Junfeng</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6215-1953</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Aruffo</surname>
<given-names>Eleonora</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9164-7293</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff11">
<sup>11</sup>
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<sup>12</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and  Equipment Technology (CIC-AEET), School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing  210044, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Department for Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK</addr-line>
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<label>4</label>
<addr-line>National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology,  Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff6">
<label>6</label>
<addr-line>Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, Shanghai 200233, China</addr-line>
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<label>7</label>
<addr-line>State of Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of the Formation and Prevention of Urban Air Complex, Shanghai, 200233, China</addr-line>
</aff>
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<label>8</label>
<addr-line>School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff9">
<label>9</label>
<addr-line>Meteorological Development and Planning Institute of China Meteorological  Administration, Beijing, 100081, China</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff10">
<label>10</label>
<addr-line>Department of Advanced Technologies in Medicine &amp; Dentistry, University “G.d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti 66100, Italy</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff11">
<label>11</label>
<addr-line>Center for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST, Chieti 66100, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff12">
<label>12</label>
<addr-line>Department of Science, University “G.d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti 66100, Italy</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>04</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2026</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>27</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Ning Zhang et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>Nitrogen-containing organic compounds (NOCs) are important light-absorbing constituents of atmospheric PM&lt;sub&gt;2.5&lt;/sub&gt; and can substantially influence aerosol radiative forcing, air quality, and climate. Previous studies have mainly focused on the source apportionment and concentrations levels of NOCs, while the mechanisms governing their formation and particle-phase partitioning remain insufficiently constrained, particularly in tropical regions. Here, we aim to elucidate regional differences in NOCs characteristics in Myanmar, with emphasis on how relative humidity (RH) and precursor species influence their formation pathways. We report the first molecular-level spatio-temporal characterization of NOCs in Myanmar, identifying 1064 organic compounds in ESI&lt;sup&gt;-&lt;/sup&gt; mode, with NOCs contributing 14&amp;ndash;21 % of molecular formulas and 13&amp;ndash;35 % of total mass. Organic nitrates (ONs) dominated CHON species across all sites, with higher abundances in Mandalay than in Yangon. Two ubiquitous nitrophenols, nitrocatechol (C&lt;sub&gt;6&lt;/sub&gt;H&lt;sub&gt;5&lt;/sub&gt;NO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;) and dimethyl nitrocatechol (C&lt;sub&gt;8&lt;/sub&gt;H&lt;sub&gt;9&lt;/sub&gt;NO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;), showed strong covariance but a distinct dependence of their particle-phase C&lt;sub&gt;8&lt;/sub&gt;H&lt;sub&gt;9&lt;/sub&gt;NO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;/C&lt;sub&gt;6&lt;/sub&gt;H&lt;sub&gt;5&lt;/sub&gt;NO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; ratio on RH. CHemistry with Aerosol Microphysics in Python (PyCHAM) box model simulations reveal that increasing RH enhances aerosol water content, strengthening Raoult effect and preferentially suppressing condensation of the less soluble C&lt;sub&gt;8&lt;/sub&gt;H&lt;sub&gt;9&lt;/sub&gt;NO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;. Seasonal increases in summertime OH further promote C&lt;sub&gt;6&lt;/sub&gt;H&lt;sub&gt;5&lt;/sub&gt;NO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; formation. These two processes explain the observed RH dependence and demonstrate that the C&lt;sub&gt;8&lt;/sub&gt;H&lt;sub&gt;9&lt;/sub&gt;NO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;/C&lt;sub&gt;6&lt;/sub&gt;H&lt;sub&gt;5&lt;/sub&gt;NO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; ratio reflects both aerosol liquid water content and oxidative aging, while remaining sensitive to precursor supply. These findings provide new constraints on nitrophenol evolution in humid tropical environments and improve interpretation of NOC sources and aging processes, thereby supporting more accurate assessments of their regional and global radiative impacts.</p>
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<funding-source>Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province</funding-source>
<award-id>BK20240036</award-id>
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