Black carbon or brown carbon? the nature of light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3131-3148

  Andreae, M O ^a   Gelencser A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 33746600650     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-3131-2006     Document Type: Article

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