In situ aerosol optics in Reno, NV, USA during and after the summer 2008 California wildfires and the influence of absorbing and non-absorbing organic coatings on spectral light absorption

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 8007-8015

  Gyawali, M ^a   Arnott, W P ^a   Lewis, K ^a   Moosmuller H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHTNING; NUMERICAL METHOD; SMOKE; WAVELENGTH; WILDFIRE;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; RENO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450257552     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-8007-2009     Document Type: Article

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