No evidence for acid-catalyzed secondary organic aerosol formation in power plant plumes over metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Peltier, R E ^a   Sullivan, A P ^a   Weber, R J ^a   Wollny, A G ^b,c   Holloway, J S ^b,c   Brock, C A ^b   de Gouw, J A ^b,c   Atlas, E L ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; ORGANIC CARBON; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATLANTA; INORGANIC SALT COMPOSITION; SULFATE AEROSOL CONCENTRATIONS; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON (WSOC);

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL FORMATION; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANT; SULFATE;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249871147     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028780     Document Type: Article

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