Hygroscopic properties and extinction of aerosol particles at ambient relative humidity in South-Eastern China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 6321-6334

  Eichler, H ^a,c   Cheng, Y F ^a,b   Birmili, W ^a   Nowak, A ^a   Wiedensohler, A ^a   Bruggemann E ^a   Gnauk, T ^a   Herrmann, H ^a   Althausen, D ^a   Ansmann, A ^a   Engelmann, R ^a   Tesche, M ^a   Wendisch, M ^c   Zhang, Y H ^b   Hu, M ^b   Liu, S ^b   Zeng, L M ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Descriptive hygroscopic growth factor; H DMPS; Hygroscopicity; Particle extinction coefficient; PRD

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; SILICONES;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; DESCRIPTIVE HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH FACTOR; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; EASTERN CHINA; H-DMPS; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; HYGROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; HYGROSCOPICITY; IMPACTOR; MICRO ORIFICES; PARTICLE EXTINCTION; PARTICLE EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PRD; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; UNIFORM DEPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

GROWTH FACTOR;

AEROSOL; HYGROSCOPICITY; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOBILITY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; WETTABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 49349110233     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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