Mexico city aerosol analysis during MILAGRO using high resolution aerosol mass spectrometry at the urban supersite (T0)-Part 2: Analysis of the biomass burning contribution and the non-fossil carbon fraction

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5315-5341

  Aiken, A C ^a   De Foy, B ^b   Wiedinmyer, C ^c   Decarlo, P F ^a,e   Ulbrich, I M ^a   Wehrli, M N ^d   Szidat, S ^d   Prevot, A S H ^e   Noda, J ^f,o   Wacker, L ^g   Volkamer, R ^a   Fortner, E ^h   Wang, J ⁱ   Laskin, A ^j   Shutthanandan, V ^j   Zheng, J ^h   Zhang, R ^h   Paredes Miranda, G ^k   Arnott, W P ^k   Molina, L T ^l   Sosa, G ^m   Querol, X ⁿ   Jimenez, J L ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^l MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^o RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; FOREST FIRE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POINT SOURCE; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION; WILDFIRE;

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

EID: 77953716810     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-5315-2010     Document Type: Article

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