Particle size distributions of organic aerosol constituents during the 2002 yosemite aerosol characterization study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 4554-4562

  Herckes, Pierre ^a,b   Engling, Guenter ^a   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a   Collett Jr , Jeffrey L ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHARACTERIZATION; AEROSOL PARTICLES; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS;

AEROSOLS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SMOKE; VAPORIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

DICARBOXYLIC ACID; HOPANOID; ORGANIC CARBON; PINIC ACID; PINONIC ACID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SMOKE; VAPORIZATION;

AEROSOL; HAZE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; HAZE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

ACIDS; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GLUCOSE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHENANTHRENES; PHENOLS; SMOKE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TERPENES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 33746649060     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0515396     Document Type: Article

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