Cloud condensation nuclei in polluted air and biomass burning smoke near the mega-city Guangzhou, China - Part 2: Size-resolved aerosol chemical composition, diurnal cycles, and externally mixed weakly CCN-active soot particles

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2817-2836

  Rose, D ^a   Gunthe, S S ^a   Su, H ^a   Garland, R M ^a   Yang, H ^a   Berghof, M ^b   Cheng, Y F ^b   Wehner, B ^b   Achtert, P ^b   Nowak, A ^b   Wiedensohler, A ^b   Takegawa, N ^c   Kondo, Y ^c   Hu, M ^d   Zhang, Y ^d   Andreae, M O ^a   Poschl U ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; HYGROSCOPICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 79953138142     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-2817-2011     Document Type: Article

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