Concentrations and sources of carbonaceous aerosol in the atmosphere of Summit, Greenland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 4155-4162

  von Schneidemesser, Erika ^a   Schauer, James J ^a   Hagler, Gayle S W ^b   Bergin, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenland; Organic aerosol; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-BURNING; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; FREE TROPOSPHERE; GREENLAND; HIGH-VOLUME PM; INDIVIDUAL ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC AEROSOL; REMOTE LOCATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE TRACER; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; FOSSIL FUELS; LOCATION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; FOSSIL; GREENLAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SUMMIT;

EID: 67651033251     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.05.043     Document Type: Article

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