Spatially and seasonally resolved estimate of the ratio of organic mass to organic carbon

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-40

  Philip, S ^a   Martin, R V ^a,b   Pierce, J R ^a,c   Jimenez, J L ^d   Zhang, Q ^e   Canagaratna, M R ^f   Spracklen, D V ^g   Nowlan, C R ^a   Lamsal, L N ^h,i   Cooper, M J ^a   Krotkov, N A ⁱ  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AMS; GEOS Chem; NO2; OMI; Organic aerosol; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; AMS; COMBUSTION EMISSIONS; GEOS-CHEM; OMI; ORGANIC AEROSOL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; ORGANIC CARBON; TROPOSPHERE;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

NITROGEN OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; DATA SET; EOS; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84893198462     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.065     Document Type: Article

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