Estimates of particle hygroscopicity during the southeastern aerosol and visibility study

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 677-685

  Hand, Jennifer L ^a   Ames, Rodger B ^a,b   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a   Day, Derek E ^b   Malm, William C ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; WATER;

OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTER; PARTICLE HYGROSCOPICITY; WATER MASS CONCENTRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VISIBILITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0034189692     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2000.10464109     Document Type: Article

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