Evolution of the complex refractive index in the UV spectral region in ageing secondary organic aerosol

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5793-5806

  Flores, J M ^a   Zhao, D F ^b   Segev, L ^a   Schlag, P ^b   Kiendler Scharr, A ^b   Fuchs, H ^b   Watne, A K ^c   Bluvshtein, N ^a   Mentel, T F ^b   Hallquist, M ^c   Rudich, Y ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84902243498     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-5793-2014     Document Type: Article

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