Observations of new aerosol particle formation in a tropical urban atmosphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 340-351

  Betha, Raghu ^a   Spracklen, Dominick V ^b   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Biomass burning; New particle formation; Nucleation; Urban atmosphere

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICLES; BIOMASS-BURNING; FIELD STUDIES; MEASUREMENTS OF; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERES;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION;

BLACK CARBON; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR SAMPLING; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; HAZE; NUCLEATION; POINT SOURCE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SMOKE; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIRE; HAZE; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SMOKE; SUNLIGHT; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WIND;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84875259062     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.01.049     Document Type: Article

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