Carbon in southeastern U.S. aerosol particles: Empirical estimates of secondary organic aerosol formation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 6710-6720

  Blanchard, Charles L ^a   Hidy, George M ^b   Tanenbaum, Shelley ^a   Edgerton, Eric ^c   Hartsell, Benjamin ^d   Jansen, John ^e  

^a Envair   (United States)

^b Envair/Aerochem   (United States)

^c Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

^d Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

^e Southern Co Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Organic carbon; SEARCH network; Secondary organic aerosol; Southeastern United States

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GAS DYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; BLACK CARBON; FINE PARTICLES; NETWORK MEASUREMENTS; SEARCH NETWORK; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; URBAN SITE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50849094551     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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