Modeling the role of alkanes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and their oligomers in secondary organic aerosol formation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6041-6047

  Pye, Havala O T ^a   Pouliot, George A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DIESEL-POWERED VEHICLES; EMISSION INVENTORIES; LOWER CORRELATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; VEHICLE FLEETS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OLIGOMERS; OXIDATION; OZONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; OLIGOMER; OXYGEN; OZONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ALKANE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; OZONE; PAH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PREDICTION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALKANES; CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OZONE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861864004     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300409w     Document Type: Article

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