In situ chemical characterization of aged biomass-burning aerosols impacting cold wave closss

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2451-2468

  Pratt, Kerri A ^a,b   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^c   Twohy, Cynthia H ^d   Murphy, Shane M ^e,f   DeMott, Paul J ^g   Hudson, James G ^h   Subramanian, R ⁱ   Wang, Zhien ^j   Seinfeld, John H ^e   Prather, Kimberly A ^a,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^h DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ Droplet Measurement Technologies Inc   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric; Chemistry; Cloud droplets; Cloud microphysics; Field experiments; Ice crystals

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETRY; AQUEOUS PHASE; BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CLEAR AIR; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD PROCESSING; CLOUD TEMPERATURE; COLD WAVES; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION MECHANISM; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE PARTICLES; IN-SITU; MASS FRACTION; OXALIC ACID; PARTICLE CHEMISTRY; SINGLE-PARTICLE; WYOMING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CLOUDS; CRYSTALS; DROP FORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICS; POTASSIUM; SOOT;

ICE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77958523184     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3330.1     Document Type: Article

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