On the diurnal cycle of urban aerosols, black carbon and the occurrence of new particle formation events in springtime São Paulo, Brazil

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 11733-11751

  Backman, J ^a   Rizzo, L V ^b   Hakala, J ^a   Nieminen, T ^a   Manninen, H E ^a   Morais, F ^c   Aalto, P P ^a   Siivola, E ^a   Carbone, S ^d   Hillamo, R ^d   Artaxo, P ^c   Virkkula, A ^a,d   Petaja T ^a   Kulmala, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEMOGRAPHY; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; LIGHT SCATTERING; METROPOLITAN AREA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFURIC ACID;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84871001111     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-11733-2012     Document Type: Article

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