Submicron organic aerosol in Tijuana, Mexico, from local and Southern California sources during the Calmex campaign

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 500-512

  Takahama, S ^a   Johnson, A ^a   Guzman Morales, J ^a   Russell, L M ^a   Duran, R ^b   Rodriguez, G ^b   Zheng, J ^c   Zhang, R ^c   Toom Sauntry, D ^d   Leaitch, W R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Universidad Autnoma de Baja California   (Mexico)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACSM; Air pollution; Border region; FTIR; NEXAFS; Organic aerosol; STXM

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; FACTORIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE APPLICATIONS; POLLUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

ACSM; BORDER REGIONS; FTIR; NEXAFS; ORGANIC AEROSOL; STXM;

AIR POLLUTION;

ALKANE; AMINE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BLACK CARBON; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORIDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROXYL GROUP; NITRATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BORDER REGION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRAFFIC EMISSION; WIND VELOCITY;

AEROSOL CHEMICAL SPECIATION MONITOR; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; MEXICO; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGENATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SUBMICRON ORGANIC AEROSOL; SYNTHESIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; X RAY SPECTROMICROSCOPY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; TIJUANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877152370     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.057     Document Type: Article

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