Characteristics of fine particle growth events observed above a forested ecosystem in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 373-388

  Lunden, Melissa M ^a   Black, Douglas R ^a   McKay, Megan ^b   Revzan, Kenneth L ^a   Goldstein, Allen H ^a,b   Brown, Nancy J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AEROSOL VOLUME; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; BLACK CARBON; CALIFORNIA; FIELD STUDIES; FINE PARTICLES; FOREST RESEARCH; GAS PHASE OXIDATION; HUMAN HEALTH; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; KEY PROCESS; LARGER PARTICLE SIZES; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MOMENTUM FLUX; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE FLUX; PARTICLE GROWTH; PARTICLE GROWTH RATES; SIERRA NEVADA; TRACE GAS CONCENTRATIONS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON BLACK; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORESTRY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 33847095013     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820600631896     Document Type: Article

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