Hygroscopicity and composition of California CCN during summer 2010

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Moore, R H ^a   Cerully, K ^a   Bahreini, R ^b,c   Brock, C A ^b   Middlebrook, A M ^b   Nenes, A ^a,d  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIERS (MATERIALS); GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDFORMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AIR MASS; CALIFORNIA; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; COMPOSITION DATA; EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN; FINE PARTICLES; GEOMETRIC MEAN; LOS ANGELES BASIN; MIXING STATE; NITRATE SPECIES; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANIC SPECIES; ORGANICS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; UNIMODAL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GEOMETRY; HYGROSCOPICITY; INORGANIC SALT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NOAA SATELLITE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859457990     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017352     Document Type: Article

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