Importance of the organic aerosol fraction for modeling aerosol hygroscopic growth and activation: A case study in the Amazon Basin

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3111-3126

  Mircea, M ^a   Facchini, M C ^a   Decesari, S ^a   Cavalli, F ^a   Emblico, L ^a   Fuzzi, S ^a   Vestin, A ^b   Rissler, J ^b   Swietlicki, E ^b   Frank, G ^c   Andreae, M O ^c   Maenhaut, W ^d   Rudich, Y ^e   Artaxo, P ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; HYGROSCOPICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 30344446349     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-3111-2005     Document Type: Article

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