A simplified description of the evolution of organic aerosol composition in the atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Heald, C L ^a   Kroll, J H ^b   Jimenez, J L ^c   Docherty, K S ^c   Decarlo, P F ^c,d   Aiken, A C ^c,e   Chen, Q ^f   Martin, S T ^f   Farmer, D K ^c   Artaxo, P ^g  

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

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; BULK COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC AEROSOL; ORGANIC AEROSOL COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC SPECIES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDATION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 77951996686     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042737     Document Type: Article

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