Is the size distribution of urban aerosols determined by thermodynamic equilibrium? An application to Southern California

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 2349-2365

  Moya, Mireya ^a   Pandis, Spyros N ^b   Jacobson, Mark Z ^c  

^a Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol size distribution; Efflorescence; Inorganic aerosols; SCAQS; Thermodynamic equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EFFLORESCENCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; NITRATES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

THERMODYNAMIC EQUILLIBRIUM;

AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ERROR; GAS; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036283634     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00549-0     Document Type: Article

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