Reduction in biomass burning aerosol light absorption upon humidification: Roles of inorganically-induced hygroscopicity, particle collapse, and photoacoustic heat and mass transfer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8949-8966

  Lewis, K A ^a   Arnott, W P ^a   Moosmuller H ^b   Chakrabarty, R K ^b   Carrico, C M ^c   Kreidenweis, S M ^c   Day, D E ^d   Malm, W C ^d   Laskin, A ^e   Jimenez, J L ^f   Ulbrich, I M ^f   Huffman, J A ^f,i   Onasch, T B ^g   Trimborn, A ^g   Liu, L ^h   Mishchenko, M I ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYGROSCOPICITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGHT SCATTERING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADENOSTOMA FASCICULATUM; PINUS PONDEROSA; SABAL; SERENOA REPENS;

EID: 70450274015     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-8949-2009     Document Type: Article

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