Semicontinuous measurements of organic carbon and acidity during the Pittsburgh Air Quality Study: Implications for acid-catalyzed organic aerosol formation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2191-2199

  Takahama, S ^a   Davidson, C I ^a   Pandis, S N ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; INORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REACTION KINETICS;

INORGANIC ACIDITY; ORGANIC AEROSOLS; ORGANIC CARBON; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS (SOA);

AIR QUALITY;

ACID; CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; INORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REACTION KINETICS;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR QUALITY; INORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACIDITY; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; MASS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACIDS; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645781334     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050856+     Document Type: Article

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