A missing sink for gas-phase glyoxal in Mexico City: Formation of secondary organic aerosol

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Volkamer, Rainer ^a,b   San Martini, Federico ^c   Molina, Luisa T ^d,e   Salcedo, Dara ^f   Jimenez, Jose L ^b   Molina, Mario J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MCE2 ^*  (United States)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION;

GAS-PHASE GLYOXAL; MISSING SINK; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MODELING;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 37249042765     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030752     Document Type: Article

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