Influences of relative humidity and particle chemical composition on aerosol scattering properties during the 2006 PRD campaign

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1525-1536

  Liu, Xingang ^a   Cheng, Yafang ^a   Zhang, Yuanhang ^a   Jung, Jinsang ^b   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^c   Chang, Shih Yu ^d   Kim, Young J ^b   Fan, Shaojia ^e   Zeng, Limin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous aerosols; Hygroscopic growth factor; PRD campaign; Sea salt

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; NEPHELOMETERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH FACTOR; PARTICLE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PEARL RIVER DELTA (PRD) CAMPAIGN; SCATTERING PROPERTIES; SEA SALT;

AEROSOLS;

CARBON; GROWTH FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYGROSCOPICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOMETER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SALT; TRANSMITTANCE;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MASS; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; NEPHELOMETRY; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PHOTOMETER; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA; STANDARD; URBAN AREA; WETTABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 38949151574     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.10.077     Document Type: Article

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