A comparative review of inorganic aerosol thermodynamic equilibrium modules: Similarities, differences, and their likely causes

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-137

  Zhang, Yang ^a   Seigneur, Christian ^a   Seinfeld, John H ^b   Jacobson, Mark ^c   Clegg, Simon L ^d   Binkowski, Francis S ^e  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inorganic particulate matter; Module comparison; Multi phase equilibrium; Sensitivity; Thermodynamic modeling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITRATES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS; INORGANIC AEROSOL; MOLAR RATIO; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM MODULES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; NITRATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMIDITY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033627134     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00236-8     Document Type: Article

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