Elucidating determinants of aerosol composition through particle-type-based receptor modeling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 8133-8155

  McGuire, M L ^a,b   Jeong C H , ^a   Slowik, J G ^a,c,d   Y W Chang, R ^a,c   Corbin, J C ^a,c   Lu, G ^b   Mihele, C ^b   Rehbein, P J G ^a   Sills, D M L ^b   Abbatt, J P D ^a,c   Brook, J R ^b   Evans, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; DUST; GUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 80051638446     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-8133-2011     Document Type: Article

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