Black carbon physical properties and mixing state in the European megacity Paris

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5831-5856

  Laborde, M ^a,d   Crippa, M ^a   Tritscher, T ^a,e   Juranyi Z ^a,f   Decarlo, P F ^a,g   Temime Roussel, B ^b   Marchand, N ^b   Eckhardt, S ^c   Stohl, A ^c   Baltensperger, U ^a   Prevot A S H ^a   Weingartner, E ^a   Gysel, M ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d AerosolConsultingML GmbH   (Switzerland)

^e TSI GmbH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^g Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; HYGROSCOPICITY; MEGACITY; MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

MINK ENTERITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84880627720     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-5831-2013     Document Type: Article

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