Atmospheric stability of levoglucosan: A detailed laboratory and modeling study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 694-699

  Hoffmann, D ^a   Tilgner, A ^a   Iinuma, Y ^a   Herrmann, H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BIOMASS-BURNING; CLOUD DROPLETS; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MICROPHYSICS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MODELING STUDIES; MOLECULAR MARKER; OH RADICAL; OXIDATION PROCESS; PARTICLE PHASE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RESIDENTIAL WOOD BURNING; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

HYDROXYL RADICAL; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MOLECULAR MARKER; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD DROPLET; FREE RADICAL; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMISTRY; FIRE; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICS; PLUME; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUCOSE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 74949107789     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902476f     Document Type: Article

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