On the abundance and source contributions of dicarboxylic acids in size-resolved aerosol particles at continental sites in central Europe

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3913-3928

  Van Pinxteren, D ^a   Neusuß C ^b   Herrmann, H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b AALEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ACID; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84899046736     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-3913-2014     Document Type: Article

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