A study of aerosol liquid water content based on hygroscopicity measurements at high relative humidity in the North China Plain

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6417-6426

  Bian, Y X ^a   Zhao, C S ^a   Ma, N ^a,b   Chen, J ^a   Xu, W Y ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; DIURNAL VARIATION; HAZE; HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84903315569     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-6417-2014     Document Type: Article

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