Hygroscopic growth of common organic aerosol solutes, including humic substances, as derived from water activity measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Zamora, Idania R ^a   Tabazadeh, Azadeh ^a   Golden, David M ^b   Jacobson, Mark Z ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EARTH (PLANET); GLUCOSE; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE; WATER VAPOR;

ALTERNATE METHOD; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BULK SOLUTIONS; D-GLUCOSE; EARTH'S CLIMATE; ELECTRODYNAMIC BALANCE; FULVIC ACIDS; GLUTARIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HUMIC-LIKE SUBSTANCES; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH FACTOR; HYGROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; ORGANIC AEROSOL; ORGANIC PARTICLES; ORGANICS; PHTHALIC; REPRESENTATIVE COMPOUND; SUCCINIC ACIDS; TANDEM DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; WATER ACTIVITY; WATER UPTAKE;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

AEROSOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HUMIDITY; HYGROSCOPICITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOBILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESSURE EFFECT; SALT; SOLUTE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 83655164829     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016067     Document Type: Article

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