Secondary formation of water-soluble organic acids and α-dicarbonyls and their contributions to total carbon and water-soluble organic carbon: Photochemical aging of organic aerosols in the Arctic spring

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Kawamura, Kimitaka ^a   Kasukabe, Hideki ^b   Barrie, Leonard A ^c,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL FORMING; SUN;

ARCTIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DICARBONYLS; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; ENHANCED EMISSION; GLYOXAL; HYGROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; KETOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; METHYLGLYOXAL; MIDLATITUDES; ORGANIC AEROSOL; OXALIC ACID; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; SUCCINIC ACIDS; TOTAL CARBON; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; WATER SOLUBLE ORGANIC ACIDS; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; FATTY ACID; HYGROSCOPICITY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXALIC ACID; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 77958188525     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014299     Document Type: Article

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