Black and brown carbon fractal aggregates from combustion of two fuels widely used in Asian rituals

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-30

  Chakrabarty, Rajan K ^a   Arnold, Ian J ^a   Francisco, Dianna M ^a   Hatchett, Benjamin ^a   Hosseinpour, Farnaz ^a   Loria, Marcela ^a   Pokharel, Ashok ^a   Woody, Brian M ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Black carbon; Brown carbon; Combustion aerosols; Fractal aggregates

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BLACK CARBON; BROWN CARBONS; COMBUSTION AEROSOLS; FRACTAL AGGREGATE;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON; COMBUSTION; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FUELS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; ODORS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOKE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; VEGETABLE OILS;

AGGREGATES;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; CULTURAL TRADITION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FUEL; SMOKE;

ASIA;

EID: 84876417748     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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