Chemically segregated optical and microphysical properties of ambient aerosols measured in a single-particle mass spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Moffet, Ryan C ^a,b   Qin, Xueying ^a,c   Rebotier, Thomas ^e   Furutani, Hiroshi ^a,d   Prather, Kimberly A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

CALIFORNIA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; RIVERSIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50049116034     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009393     Document Type: Article

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