Sources of particulate matter in the northeastern United States in summer: 1. Direct emissions and secondary formation of organic matter in urban plumes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  de Gouw, Joost A ^a,b   Brock, C A ^a   Atlas, E L ^c   Bates, T S ^d   Fehsenfeld, F C ^a,b   Goldan, P D ^a,b   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Kuster, W C ^a   Lerner, B M ^a,b   Matthew, B M ^a,b,e   Middlebrook, A M ^a   Onasch, T B ^f   Peltier, R E ^g,h   Quinn, P K ^d   Senff, C J ^a,b   Stohl, A ⁱ   Sullivan, A P ^g,j   Trainer, M ^a   Warneke, C ^a,b   Weber, R J ^g   Williams, E J ^a,b   more..

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^f AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^g GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; MIXING RATIO; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLUME; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45549106922     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009243     Document Type: Article

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