Mass size distributions of water-soluble inorganic and organic ions in size-segregated aerosols over metropolitan Newark in the US east coast

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4063-4078

  Zhao, Yunliang ^a   Gao, Yuan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dicarboxylic acids; Mass size distributions; Nitrate; Sulfate; Urban aerosols

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; FOG; MODAL ANALYSIS; NITRATES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; MASS CONCENTRATIONS; MASS SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; URBAN AEROSOLS;

AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; ANION; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; ION; MAGNESIUM; MALONIC ACID; NITRATE; OXALIC ACID; SODIUM; SUCCINIC ACID; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORIDE; ION; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITRATE; OXALATE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

NEW JERSEY; NEWARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43849089133     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.032     Document Type: Article

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