Seasonal comparisons of single-particle chemical mixing state in Riverside, CA

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 587-596

  Qin, Xueying ^a,c   Pratt, Kerri A ^a,d   Shields, Laura G ^a,e   Toner, Stephen M ^a,f   Prather, Kimberly A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management   (United States)

^f Teledyne Advanced Pollution Instrumentation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol chemistry; California; PM 2.5; Single particle mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHEMISTRY; AMMONIUM NITRATE; BIOMASS-BURNING; CALIFORNIA; CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; FIELD CAMPAIGN; MARINE AIR; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MIXING STATE; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC AEROSOL; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; POLLUTION LEVEL; SEA SALTS; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SIZE RANGES; SPECTROMETRY MEASUREMENTS; SUB-MICRON SIZE RANGE; SUBMICRON; WIND EVENTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXING;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMINE; AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FIELD SURVEY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHEMICAL REACTION; DUST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; RIVERSIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863814220     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.05.032     Document Type: Article

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