Why do organic aerosols exist? Understanding aerosol lifetimes using the two-dimensional volatility basis set

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 151-157

  Donahue, N M ^a   Chuang, W ^a   Epstein, S A ^a,f   Kroll, J H ^b   Worsnop, D R ^c,d   Robinson, A L ^a   Adams, P J ^a   Pandis, S N ^a,e  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; GAS PHASE REACTION; OXIDATION; TROPOSPHERE; VISCOSITY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84879986279     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN13022     Document Type: Article

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