Thermodynamic characterization of Mexico City aerosol during MILAGRO 2006

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2141-2156

  Fountoukis, C ^a,g   Nenes, A ^a,b   Sullivan, A ^b,h   Weber, R ^b   Van Reken, T ^c,i   Fischer, M ^d   Matias E ^e   Moya, M ^e   Farmer, D ^f   Cohen, R C ^f  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

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

ⁱ Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EQUILIBRIUM; NITRATE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER UPTAKE;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 74849087231     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-2141-2009     Document Type: Article

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