Measurements of aerosol chemistry during new particle formation events at a remote rural mountain site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8208-8216

  Creamean, Jessie M ^a   Ault, Andrew P ^a,e   Ten Hoeve, John E ^b   Jacobson, Mark Z ^b   Roberts, Gregory C ^c,d   Prather, Kimberly A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHEMISTRY; AMBIENT PARTICLES; CALIFORNIA; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD FORMATION; CRITICAL STEPS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GASPHASE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOUNTAIN RANGES; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; OROGRAPHIC CLOUD; PARTICLE GROWTH; PARTICLE PHASE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REMOTE REGIONS; RURAL SITE; SIERRA NEVADA; URBAN AEROSOLS; WINTER STORMS;

LANDFORMS; STORMS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMINAPHTHONE; AMMONIA;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLIMATE; CLOUD; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; RURAL AREA; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AEROSOLS; CALIFORNIA; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; ECOSYSTEM; GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL POPULATION; SULFATES; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053424489     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103692f     Document Type: Article

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