Hygroscopic properties of aerosol particles at high relative humidity and their diurnal variations in the north China plain

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3479-3494

  Liu, P F ^a   Zhao, C S ^a   Gobel T ^b   Hallbauer, E ^b   Nowak, A ^b   Ran, L ^a   Xu, W Y ^a   Deng, Z Z ^a   Ma, N ^a   Mildenberger, K ^b   Henning, S ^b   Stratmann, F ^b   Wiedensohler, A ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYGROSCOPICITY; MIXING; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 79954476672     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-3479-2011     Document Type: Article

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