Composition and hygroscopicity of the Los Angeles Aerosol: CalNex

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3016-3036

  Hersey, Scott P ^a   Craven, Jill S ^a   Metcalf, Andrew R ^a,b   Lin, Jack ^c   Lathem, Terry ^c   Suski, Kaitlyn J ^d   Cahill, John F ^d   Duong, Hanh T ^e   Sorooshian, Armin ^e   Jonsson, Haflidi H ^f   Shiraiwa, Manabu ^a   Zuend, Andreas ^a   Nenes, Athanasios ^g   Prather, Kimberly A ^d   Flagan, Richard C ^a   Seinfeld, John H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^g Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; SOOT; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS; COATING THICKNESS; LOS ANGELES BASIN; SECONDARY MATERIALS; SEMI-VOLATILE MATERIALS; SINGLE PARAMETER; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; HYGROSCOPICITY; OUTFLOW; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOMETER; SATURATION; VOLATILIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880272954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50307     Document Type: Article

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