Evidence for the role of organics in aerosol particle formation under atmospheric conditions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 6646-6651

  Metzger, Axel ^a,e   Verheggen, Bart ^b   Dommen, Josef ^a   Duplissy, Jonathan ^a,f   Prevot, Andre S H ^a   Weingartner, Ernest ^a   Riipinen, Ilona ^c   Kulmala, Markku ^c   Spracklen, Dominick V ^d   Carslaw, Kenneth S ^d   Baltensperger, Urs ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e IONICON Analytik GmbH   (Austria)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Atmospheric nucleation; New particle formation; Sulfuric acid

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFURIC ACID;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LABORATORY; MOLECULE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SIMULATION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SEASONS; SMOG; SULFURIC ACIDS;

EID: 77951034285     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911330107     Document Type: Article

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