Mass absorption efficiency of elemental carbon and water-soluble organic carbon in Beijing, China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 11497-11510

  Cheng, Y ^a   He, K B ^a   Zheng, M ^b   Duan, F K ^a   Du, Z Y ^a   Ma, Y L ^a   Tan, J H ^c   Yang, F M ^c   Liu, J M ^d   Zhang, X L ^d   Weber, R J ^d   Bergin, M H ^d,e   Russell, A G ^e  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OPTICAL PROPERTY; ORGANIC CARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855172342     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-11497-2011     Document Type: Article

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