Single particle characterization of black carbon aerosols at a tropospheric alpine site in Switzerland

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 7389-7407

  Liu, D ^a   Flynn, M ^a   Gysel, M ^b   Targino, A ^a   Crawford, I ^a   Bower, K ^a   Choularton, T ^a   Jurnyi Z ^b   Steinbacher, M ^c   Hglin C ^c   Curtius, J ^d   Kampus, M ^d   Petzold, A ^e   Weingartner, E ^b   Baltensperger, U ^b   Coe, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c EMP Uberlandstrasse   (Switzerland)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BLACK CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77955464587     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-7389-2010     Document Type: Article

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