Measurements of submicron aerosols in Houston, Texas during the 2009 SHARP field campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 10,518-10,534

  Levy, Misti E ^a   Zhang, Renyi ^a   Khalizov, Alexei F ^a   Zheng, Jun ^a,b   Collins, Don R ^a   Glen, Crystal R ^a,c   Wang, Yuan ^a   Yu, Xiao Ying ^d   Luke, Winston ^e   Jayne, John T ^f   Olaguer, Eduardo ^g  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^g HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol; black carbon; density; hygroscopicity

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BLACK CARBON; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HYGROSCOPICITY; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; OXIDATION OF ORGANICS; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; HYGROSCOPICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885986378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50785     Document Type: Article

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