Light-absorbing soluble organic aerosol in Los Angeles and Atlanta: A contrast in secondary organic aerosol

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Xiaolu ^a   Lin, Ying Hsuan ^b   Surratt, Jason D ^b   Zotter, Peter ^c   Prévôt, Andre S H ^c   Weber, Rodney J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; ATLANTA; BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; BROWN COLOR; BULK ABSORPTION; CALIFORNIA; CARBON MASS; FILTER EXTRACTS; FILTER SAMPLE; FINE PARTICLES; FOSSIL CARBON; GEORGIA; LOS ANGELES; NITRO-AROMATICS; ORGANIC AEROSOL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FILTER; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATLANTA; CALIFORNIA; GEORGIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81155138232     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049385     Document Type: Article

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