Evaluation of chemical transport model predictions of primary organic aerosol for air masses classified by particle component-based factor analysis

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 8297-8321

  Stroud, C A ^a   Moran, M D ^a   Makar, P A ^a   Gong, S ^a   Gong, W ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Slowik, J G ^b   Abbatt, J P D ^b   Lu, G ^a   Brook, J R ^a   Mihele, C ^a   Li, Q ^a   Sills, D ^a   Strawbridge, K B ^a   McGuire, M L ^b   Evans, G J ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION INVENTORY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PREDICTION; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BEAR CREEK [ONTARIO]; CANADA; HARROW [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; WINDSOR;

EID: 84869034118     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-8297-2012     Document Type: Article

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