Size-resolved measurement of the mixing state of soot in the megacity Beijing, China: Diurnal cycle, aging and parameterization

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4477-4491

  Cheng, Y F ^a,b,g   Su, H ^c   Rose, D ^c   Gunthe, S S ^c,h   Berghof, M ^b   Wehner, B ^b   Achtert, P ^b   Nowak, A ^b   Takegawa, N ^d   Kondo, Y ^e   Shiraiwa, M ^c,i   Gong, Y G ^f   Shao, M ^a   Hu, M ^a   Zhu, T ^a   Zhang, Y H ^a   Carmichael, G R ^g   Wiedensohler, A ^b   Andreae, M O ^c   Poschl U ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

ⁱ California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AGING; AIR MASS; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; HYGROSCOPICITY; MEGACITY; MIXING; PARAMETERIZATION; SOOT; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84861489037     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-4477-2012     Document Type: Article

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