Fluorescence spectra and elastic scattering characteristics of atmospheric aerosol in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA: Variability of concentrations and possible constituents and sources of particles in various spectral clusters

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 195-204

  Pinnick, R G ^a,b   Fernandez, E ^b   Rosen, J M ^b   Hill, S C ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Pan, Y L ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol particles; Clustered spectra; Elastic scattering; Fluorescence spectra; Integrated spectra; Time resolved

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL SCATTERING; AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; AROMATIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; BIOLOGICAL AEROSOL; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; FLUORESCENT PARTICLE; FUNGAL SPORES; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; NEW MEXICO; ORGANIC CARBON COMPOUNDS; RAYLEIGH; RED CHANNELS; SAMPLING SITE; SCATTERING BACKGROUND; SCATTERING CHAR-ACTERISTICS; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SPECTRA CHARACTERISTIC; TIME INTERVAL; TIME-RESOLVED; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGI; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; NEPHELOMETERS; OLEFINS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ELASTIC SCATTERING;

CELLULOSE; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TERPENE;

AEROSOL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORESCENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELASTICITY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LASER NEPHELOMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

LAS CRUCES; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869223864     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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