Variations in organic aerosol optical and hygroscopic properties upon heterogeneous OH oxidation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Cappa, Christopher D ^a   Che, Daphne L ^b,c   Kessler, Sean H ^c   Kroll, Jesse H ^c   Wilson, Kevin R ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FREE RADICALS; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ATOMIC RATIO; AZELAIC ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; HYGROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MODEL COMPOUND; OH RADICAL; ORGANIC AEROSOL; PARTICLE HYGROSCOPICITY; POLARIZABILITIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS; SQUALANE; TWO MODEL SYSTEMS;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

AEROSOL; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON; HYDROXIDE; HYGROSCOPICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; OXYGEN;

EID: 80051683083     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015918     Document Type: Article

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