Chemical, physical, and optical evolution of biomass burning aerosols: A case study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1491-1503

  Adler, G ^a   Flores, J M ^b,c   Abo Riziq, A ^a   Borrmann, S ^b,c   Rudich, Y ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OXIDATION; PAH; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ISRAEL;

EID: 79951644510     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-1491-2011     Document Type: Article

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