Comparison of SOC estimates and uncertainties from aerosol chemical composition and gas phase data in Atlanta

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 3907-3914

  Pachon, Jorge E ^a,c   Balachandran, Sivaraman ^a   Hu, Yongtao ^a   Weber, Rodney J ^b   Mulholland, James A ^a   Russell, Armistead G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

EC tracer; Regression; SOC; Uncertainty; WSOC

Indexed keywords

EC TRACER; REGRESSION; SOC; UNCERTAINTY; WSOC;

AIR QUALITY; GASES; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON; MOLECULAR MARKER; ORGANIC CARBON; TRACER;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAS PHASE REACTION; MASS BALANCE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS; MASS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; UNITED STATES;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955922326     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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