Primary and secondary organic aerosols over the United States: Estimates on the basis of observed organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC), and air quality modeled primary OC/EC ratios

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 31, 2004, Pages 5257-5268

  Yu, Shaocai ^a   Dennis, Robin L ^a   Bhave, Prakash V ^a   Eder, Brian K ^a  

^a Natl Oceanic/Atmosph Admin   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality model; Observation; Primary and secondary organic aerosols; Primary OC EC ratio; USA

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTAL CARBON (EC); GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON (OC);

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AEROSOLS;

CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444372471     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.02.064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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