Laboratory studies on optical properties of secondary organic aerosols generated during the photooxidation of toluene and the ozonolysis of α-pinene

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Nakayama, Tomoki ^a   Matsumi, Yutaka ^a   Sato, Kei ^b   Imamura, Takashi ^b   Yamazaki, Akihiro ^c   Uchiyama, Akihiro ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT REFRACTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOOXIDATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SCATTERING; SUN; TOLUENE;

AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AEROSOL LIGHT ABSORPTION; CAVITY RING-DOWN; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MASS ABSORPTION; MIE SCATTERING THEORY; ORGANIC AEROSOL; OZONOLYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE DEPENDENCE; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SCATTERING EFFICIENCY; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; UV WAVELENGTH;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; MIE THEORY; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOOXIDATION; RADIATION BALANCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETER; TOLUENE;

EID: 78650568229     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014387     Document Type: Article

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