Single particle diversity and mixing state measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6289-6299

  Healy, R M ^a,b   Riemer, N ^c   Wenger, J C ^b   Murphy, M ^a   West, M ^c   Poulain, L ^d   Wiedensohler, A ^d   O'Connor, I P ^b   McGillicuddy, E ^b   Sodeau, J R ^b   Evans, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM; BLACK CARBON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING; NITRATE; SULFATE;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84903175887     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-6289-2014     Document Type: Article

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