Influence of soot mixing state on aerosol light absorption and single scattering albedo during air mass aging at a polluted regional site in northeastern China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Cheng, Y F ^a,b   Berghof, M ^a   Garland, R M ^c   Wiedensohler, A ^a   Wehner, B ^a   Muller T ^a   Su, H ^b,c   Zhang, Y H ^b   Achtert, P ^a   Nowak, A ^a   Poschl, U ^c   Zhu, T ^b   Hu, M ^b   Zeng, L M ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE MODELS; COATINGS; DUST; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIXING; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL ABSORPTION; AEROSOL LIGHT ABSORPTION; AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; AIR MASS; CORE-SHELL; MIXING STATE; OPTICAL CLOSURES; OPTICAL MODELS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SECONDARY PARTICLES; SECONDARY PROCESSING; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; TANDEM DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS;

SOOT;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE MODELING; LIGHT SCATTERING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOOT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 72049122307     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010883     Document Type: Article

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