Los Angeles Basin airborne organic aerosol characterization during CalNex

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 11,453-11,467

  Craven, J S ^a   Metcalf, A R ^b,c   Bahreini, R ^d,e,f   Middlebrook, A ^d,e   Hayes, P L ^d   Duong, H T ^g   Sorooshian, A ^g,h   Jimenez, J L ^d   Flagan, R C ^a,b   Seinfeld, J H ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g University of Arizona   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

airborne; Los Angeles; organic aerosol; PMF

Indexed keywords

LOADING; OXIDATION;

AERODYNE AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER; AIRBORNE; LOS ANGELES; LOS ANGELES BASIN; MASS CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC AEROSOL; PMF; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; DATA SET; OUTFLOW; OXIDATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887156611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50853     Document Type: Article

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