New Directions: Light absorbing aerosols and their atmospheric impacts

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 713-715

  Wang, Yuan ^a,b   Khalizov, Alexei ^a,c   Levy, Misti ^a   Zhang, Renyi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LETTER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX;

EID: 84887228203     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.034     Document Type: Letter

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