Spectro-microscopic measurements of carbonaceous aerosol aging in Central California

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10445-10459

  Moffet, R C ^a,b   Rodel T C ^a,c   Kelly, S T ^a   Yu, X Y ^d   Carroll, G T ^a   Fast, J ^d   Zaveri, R A ^d   Laskin, A ^e   Gilles, M K ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CLIMATE MODELING; CONDENSATION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886665435     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10445-2013     Document Type: Article

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