Shapes of internally mixed hygroscopic aerosol particles after deliquescence, and their effect on light scattering

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Adachi, Kouji ^a,b   Freney, Evelyn J ^a,b,c   Buseck, Peter R ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIERS (MATERIALS); LIGHT SCATTERING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REFRACTION; SCATTERING; SPHERES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; CONSTITUENT PHASIS; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CELLS; LOS ANGELES; MEGACITIES; MEXICO CITY; MIE THEORY; ORGANIC AEROSOL; PARTICLE SHAPE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SULFATE PARTICLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; HYGROSCOPICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEGACITY; MIE THEORY; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLUME; WATER VAPOR;

CALIFORNIA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960220191     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047540     Document Type: Article

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