Processing of soot in an urban environment: Case study from the Mexico City Metropolitan Area

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3033-3043

  Johnson, Kirsten S ^a   Zuberi, B ^a,b   Molina, L T ^a   Molina, M J ^a   Iedema, M J ^c   Cowin, J P ^d   Gaspar, D J ^c   Wang, C ^c   Laskin, A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEO2 Technologies   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 30344453945     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-3033-2005     Document Type: Article

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