Seasonal variation of high-molecular-weight compounds in the water-soluble fraction of organic urban aerosols

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Samburova, V ^a   Szidat, S ^b   Hueglin, C ^c   Fisseha, R ^d   Baltensperger, U ^d   Zenobi, R ^a   Kalberer, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESORPTION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOOXIDATION; SOLUBILITY;

AEROSOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 31344472860     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD005910     Document Type: Article

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