Size-resolved hygroscopicity of submicrometer urban aerosols in Shanghai during wintertime

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 353-364

  Ye, Xingnan ^a   Ma, Zhen ^a   Hu, Dawei ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Chen, Jianmin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ambient aerosols; Growth factor; Hygroscopic behavior; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODES; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; AMMONIUM SULFATE; AVERAGE NUMBERS; GROWTH FACTOR; HAZE FORMATION; HYGROSCOPIC BEHAVIOR; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH FACTOR; HYGROSCOPIC PARTICLES; HYGROSCOPIC TANDEM DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; MIXING STATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SUBMICROMETERS; URBAN AEROSOLS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; PEPTIDES; RIVERS; TITRATION;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

ACCUMULATION; AEROSOL; AITKEN NUCLEUS; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CONDENSATION; HAZE; HYGROSCOPICITY; NITRATE; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WINTER;

CHINA; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 78650762586     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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