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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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<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">EGUsphere</abbrev-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-2026-3616</article-id>
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<article-title>Simultaneous measurements of gas- and aerosol-phase water-soluble organic nitrogen in the winter urban atmosphere of Chengdu, China</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chen</surname>
<given-names>Kaitao</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0825-0924</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Zheng</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Rui</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chen</surname>
<given-names>Luyao</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Rongjie</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Xiao</surname>
<given-names>Binyu</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Lv</surname>
<given-names>Shaojun</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wu</surname>
<given-names>Can</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Li</surname>
<given-names>Rui</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Junke</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>Gehui</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0181-4685</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of Education,  School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241,  China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Eco-Chongming, 20 Cuiniao Rd., Chongming, Shanghai 202150, China</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>now at: the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Environmental Technology, Guangzhou  Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>10</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>25</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Kaitao Chen et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<abstract>
<p>Partitioning gaseous water-soluble organic nitrogen (WSON) to the aerosol phase is a major formation pathway of atmospheric secondary organic aerosols (SOA). However, the factors influencing this WSON transfer process remain unclear. We conducted simultaneous wintertime measurements of WSON in both gas and aerosol phases at an urban site in Chengdu, located in the Sichuan Basin (SCB), China, to investigate the concentration, gas-particle partitioning processes, and driven factors of WSON. The average concentration of particulate WSON (2.3 &amp;plusmn; 1.4 &amp;mu;gN m&lt;sup&gt;&amp;ndash;3&lt;/sup&gt;) was about twice that of gaseous WSON (1.2 &amp;plusmn; 0.9 &amp;mu;g N m&lt;sup&gt;&amp;ndash;3&lt;/sup&gt;) and increased significantly as PM&lt;sub&gt;2.5&lt;/sub&gt; increased. Amines (methylamine, MA; dimethylamine, DMA) were predominantly present in the gas phase but exhibited enhanced partitioning into the particle phase during the PM&lt;sub&gt;2.5&lt;/sub&gt; polluted periods. The gas-particle partitioning coefficient (F&lt;sub&gt;p(WSON)&lt;/sub&gt;) showed a diurnal pattern with lower values during the day and higher values at night, which was enhanced by aerosol liquid water content (ALWC). Thermodynamic modeling using an S-curve analysis further revealed that ALWC was the key factor promoting the partitioning of WSON and amines into the particle phase, while the effects of pH and temperature were relatively weak. Furthermore, NH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;NO&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; was identified as the primary contributor to ALWC, suggesting that controlling NO&lt;sub&gt;x&lt;/sub&gt; and NH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; emissions is crucial for reducing ALWC and subsequent WSON formation.</p>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
<award-id>U23A2030</award-id>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
<award-id>42130704</award-id>
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