Atmospheric new particle formation enhanced by organic acids

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5676, 2004, Pages 1487-1490

  Zhang, Renyi ^a   Suh, Inseon ^a   Zhao, Jun ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a   Fortner, Edward C ^a   Tie, Xuex ^b   Molina, Luisa T ^c   Molina, Mario J ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FOSSIL FUELS; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; SULFURIC ACID;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NUCLEATION BARRIERS; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

3 METHYLBENZOIC ACID; 4 METHYLBENZOIC ACID; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZOIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFURIC ACID;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FOSSIL FUEL; ORGANIC ACID; SULFURIC ACID;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ENERGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 2642533581     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1095139     Document Type: Article

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