Laboratory studies of the chemical composition and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) activity of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and oxidized primary organic aerosol (OPOA)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 8913-8928

  Lambe, A T ^a,b   Onasch, T B ^a,b   Massoli, P ^b   Croasdale, D R ^a   Wright, J P ^a   Ahern, A T ^a,b   Williams, L R ^b   Worsnop, D R ^b   Brune, W H ^c   Davidovits, P ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; HYGROSCOPICITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION;

EID: 80052281578     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-8913-2011     Document Type: Article

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