Influences on the fraction of hydrophobic and hydrophilic black carbon in the atmosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5099-5112

  McMeeking, G R ^a   Good, N ^a   Petters, M D ^b   McFiggans, G ^a   Coe, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; GREENHOUSE GAS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79957966427     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-5099-2011     Document Type: Article

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