The sensitivity of Secondary Organic Aerosol component partitioning to the predictions of component properties-Part 2: Determination of particle hygroscopicity and its dependence on "apparent" volatility

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 7767-7779

  Topping, D O ^a   Barley, M H ^a   McFiggans, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DROPLET; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYGROSCOPICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 79961108900     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-7767-2011     Document Type: Article

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